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NYC Artist Paralyzed After Being Shoved on Subway
Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy was allegedly pushed in front of a train by a random bystander, leaving her with serious injuries.
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette's Dog Skyrockets at Auction
Jacques Barthélémy Delamarre’s 18th-century canine portrait, said to depict the French queen’s beloved “Pompon,” sold for a whopping $280K.
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Professor Fired for "Islamophobia" Was Unjustly Vilified, Report Says
The American Association of University Professors condemned Hamline University’s dismissal of a professor who showed artworks of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Denver Museum to Shutter 45-Year-Old “Racist” Exhibition
The Denver Museum of Science & Nature said its Native cultures display perpetuates harmful stereotypes and includes objects taken without consent.
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Florida Man Crashes Car Into 14-Foot Bunny Sculpture
It’s the second time Derek Alan Modrok damages a public artwork, reportedly motivated by his dislike of Wilton Manors’s late mayor.
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Kenneth Anger, Trailblazing Experimental Filmmaker, Dies at 96
Anger plumbed the depths of the dark side of humanity and of the film medium’s potential to make both angels and demons.
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Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Arrested in the Bronx
The former Hunter College adjunct who confronted anti-abortion activists faces charges of harassment and menacing for threatening a tabloid reporter.
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School Fires Arts Professor Who Confronted Anti-Abortion Group
Artist and former Hunter College adjunct Shellyne Rodriguez, who was harassed online after protesting a pro-life group on campus, was let go after a tense altercation with a reporter.
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What’s That Grotesque Sculpture on Jeff Bezos’s Megayacht?
Some think the truly tasteless artwork attached to the prow of the yacht is an ode to Bezos’s new fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.
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“Irreplaceable” Metal Works Stolen in UK Museum Heist
In a “carefully planned theft,” the perpetrators took 12 pieces including knives, sculptures, and silver kitchenware from the Kelham Island Museum.
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Is That a Nike Shoe in a 17th-Century Painting?
Visitors to the National Gallery in London have spotted what looks like a pair of Nike sneakers in Ferdinand Bol’s “Portrait of Frederick Sluysken” (1652).
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Rome’s Trevi Fountain Dyed Black in Latest Climate Action
Activists poured charcoal into the water, warning of worsening flooding due to climate change and protesting fossil fuel subsidies.