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Challenging a 50-Year-Old Factoid About the Illegal Antiquities Trade
The assertion that the illicit antiquities trade is “the world’s third largest, second only to arms and narcotics” is unsubstantiated and damaging, a new paper argues.
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Over 100 Tombs Unearthed in Roman Cemetery in Palestine
The Ard-al-Moharbeen Necropolis in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip was excavated as part of an initiative to engage young Palestinian people with their cultural heritage.
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Republicans Vote to Block Funding for Museum of American Latino
A bill passed last week by conservative lawmakers threatens both the forthcoming museum and the Smithsonian’s existing Latino Gallery.
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Artists Call on Congress to Stop “Bad Internet Bills”
Members of the Don’t Delete Art movement and anti-censorship groups are asking creatives to speak out against bills they say would increase web surveillance and censor marginalized artists.
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MoMA Trustee Leon Black Accused of Raping Teenager
A lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court accuses Black of sexually assaulting and raping a 16-year-old girl in Jeffrey Epstein's New York townhouse.
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National Gallery of Art Apologizes for Removing Visitor With Disability
The museum said it would reevaulate its bag policy after a visitor with a disability was not allowed to wear their double-shoulder bag, which had medical supplies.
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Art Galleries Are Not Reviving a "Desolate" LA Neighborhood
The area misleadingly dubbed “Melrose Hill,” where many art spaces are opening new outposts, is exceptionally diverse and notably dense.
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Deadly Russian Strikes on Odesa Damage Historic Cathedral
The Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral was among several historically significant buildings and landmarks hit by the July 23 missile attack on the city center.
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Federally Funded Research on Native Remains Has Stymied Repatriation, Report Says
ProPublica reports that government funds spent on scientific research related to Native remains in US museums “created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestors.”
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Hyperallergic Writers Among Rabkin Prize Recipients
Contributors Erin Joyce and Eileen G’Sell and former staff member Jillian Steinhauer were among this year’s awardees.
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Finally, a National Monument for Emmett Till
Biden’s decision to designate the monument comes amid a conservative-led push to sanitize and distort the history of anti-Black violence in the US.
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Strange Art Goes Missing From Beetlejuice 2 Set
Police say thieves stole one of the film's iconic abstract sculptures and a lamppost with a “distinctive pumpkin decoration.”