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Harvard Admits Owning Hair Samples of 700 Native American Students
The university said it will return the samples, some of which were used in research that directly or indirectly supported scientific racism.
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Madrid Museum Responds to Climate Protests With Undercover Cops
Several other institutions are tightening security measures even though damage to artworks remains rare.
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Local Politician Tattooed Teen’s “I Voted” Sticker on Her Arm
The deputy mayor of New Paltz, New York, tweeted that she would get a 14-year-old’s design tattooed if it won Ulster County’s "I Voted" sticker contest. She actually did it
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Iran Massacre Prompts Poignant Protest at LACMA
The performance marked 40 days since the Zahedan Massacre, when Iranian security forces opened fire into a crowd and killed almost 100 people.
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California Voters Say Yes to Art Education
The state approved Proposition 28, which will provide around $1 billion annually to fund art and music education in schools.
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As the World Burns, Museum Leaders “Deeply Shaken” by Climate Protests
MoMA’s Glenn Lowry, the Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak, and 90 others signed a statement condemning recent actions targeting protected artworks.
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NYC Salary Transparency Law Exposes Art World's Lowest Wages
Museums, galleries, and other employers are now obliged to disclose salaries — but that doesn’t mean they’re high.
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For $60K a Month, You Can Now Rent Basquiat’s Former Home
The Noho unit, where artist lived and worked between 1983 and 1988, was owned by Andy Warhol.
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US Monument to Rape Survivors Vandalized, Again
It’s the second attack this year on artist Lori Greene’s work in Minneapolis.
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Brian O’Doherty, Paradigm-Shifting Artist and Writer, Dies at 94
Through his groundbreaking concepts of the “alternative art space” and the “white cube,” O’Doherty forged the framework for institutional critique.
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Lee Bontecou, Artist of Delightfully Uncategorizable Sculptures, Dies at 91
“I just got tired of sculpture as a big thing in the middle of a room,” the artist once said, adding that she “wanted it to go into space.”
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Mysterious Oil Sketch Turns Out to Be a Real Rembrandt
The sketch was thought to be a copy, but historians still don't know its function.