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Baltimore Museum of Art Names New Director
Asma Naeem’s appointment comes in the wake of a tumultuous period for the institution.
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Nan Goldin Documentary Nominated for Oscar
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed centers the artist's campaign to stop the “artwashing” of the Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis.
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Rare Lead Compound Found in Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”
Researchers are investigating whether the presence of lead formate originated from past attempts to conserve the painting.
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What Do Bostonians Think of the New MLK Monument?
Despite the deluge of online memes, reactions on the ground were mostly positive, but some think the work lacks context.
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Sword Thought to Be a Replica Is a Bronze Age Original
The sword, mislabeled as a copy when it was acquired by the Field Museum, dates back 3,000 years.
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The Unlikely Story of a Van Gogh Deemed "Immune From Seizure"
A Brazilian collector sued the Detroit Institute of Art over a loaned Van Gogh he claims is his, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit. Here’s why.
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LA to Distribute $26M to Arts Nonprofits
Applications are now open for Creative Recovery LA, a new initiative focused on arts organizations hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Washington Heights Graffiti Tunnel Completely Whitewashed
Advocates say the art was “emblematic of the tunnel" and that city agencies did not warn the community before painting over it.
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Creative Capital Grants Fund Basket-Weaving Robots and More
Grantees of this year’s “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” award, announced today, will each receive $50,000 in unrestricted funds.
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How Sepideh Moafi’s Golden Globe Dress Honors Iran’s Protest Art
Artist Milad Ahmadi hand-painted the vinyl red poppy flower to commemorate the lives lost since the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini.
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University Shutters Exhibition Featuring Klan Figures
Several students of color at Arkansas Tech deemed Dominique Simmons’s artworks “racially insensitive.”
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Art Collective Ousted From Viennese Kunsthalle Speaks Out
“We wanted Kunsthalle Wien to address multiple Viennas, not just the old established one,” said What, How & for Whom, whose contract at the institution was not renewed.