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Translator Calls Out British Museum’s “Erasure” of Her Work
Yilin Wang, whose translations of Chinese poems were used without permission, claims the museum mishandled the issue and has not properly compensated her.
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Pope Francis Hosts Contemporary Artists at the Vatican
The pope embraced art that questions traditional narratives, a marked shift from his condemnation of León Ferrari’s “blasphemous” sculpture decades ago.
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Researchers Plan to Lift 3,000-Year-Old Shipwreck From Sea Floor
The team embarking on the underwater mission next month says it is the oldest known hand-sewn shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
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Indigenous Artists Paint 300-Foot “Path to Reconciliation” in Canada
Geanna Dunbar and Brandy Jones’s pavement mural in the province of Saskatchewan is painted in the style of traditional beadwork.
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Can European Museums Lure Visitors Once Again?
The Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer exhibition made headlines, but across Europe, many institutions seem to be quietly inching back to their pre-pandemic peaks.
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Berlin Museum Covers Rembrandt as Heavy Rains Hit Germany
A visitor to the Gemäldegalerie today noticed “a leaky ceiling” and one of the Dutch painter’s canvases protected by a plastic sheet.
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Disgraced Dealer’s Daughter to Forfeit $12M and Allegedly Smuggled Statue
The agreement reached by Douglas Latchford’s estate marks the largest forfeiture of looted antiquities profits to date.
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See the 25-Foot-Long “Reclining Liberty” Statue Before It Leaves NYC
Artist Zaq Landsberg's sculpture is spending its final city days in Brooklyn before it heads to Virginia's Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington.
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Philly Museum Faces Backlash Over Event With Far-Right Group
Museum of the American Revolution staff and others are asking the institution not to host Moms For Liberty later this month.
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Texas City Apologizes for Arrest of Chalk Artist
Lakey Hinson, who was detained for drawing on the sidewalk, lamented that “chalk art can get you arrested quicker than open carrying a firearm.”
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Ancient Maya City Discovered in Mexican Jungle
The ruins are dispersed throughout 125 acres of dense vegetation inside the Balamkú ecological reserve.
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Hundreds of Mermaids Spotted in Coney Island
Crowds flocked to Coney for the 41st Annual Mermaid Parade this weekend.