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Layoffs of Senior Staff Throw Canada's National Gallery Into Turmoil
Greg A. Hill, a senior curator of Indigenous art, was among the top officials who lost their jobs.
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Climate Activists Target Mega-Collector’s Charles Ray Sculpture in Paris
The work belongs to the collection of French billionaire François Pinault, one of the richest men in the world.
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Theft of Art From Yale MFA Show Raises Concerns
Rafael Villares and Y. Malik Jalal’s works were stolen from the Green Hall Gallery at Yale’s School of Art in an incident that has shaken their trust in the school.
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Ousted Trustee Describes “Culture of Fear” at Asheville Art Museum
Michelle Weitzman was removed from the museum’s board after she spoke publicly on workers’ allegations of a toxic workplace for an Asheville Watchdog investigation.
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The Greatest Memes From the Twitter Dumpster Fire
If Twitter crashes, where do we go to talk about Twitter crashing?
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Iranian Artists Criticize Berlin Museum’s Display of Shirin Neshat Banner
Some have questioned whether Neshat’s famous images of women wearing the hijab represent the struggles of Iranian women today.
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Joan Didion’s Celine Sunglasses Just Sold for $27K
And her broken clock fetched $35,000 in an auction of her estate.
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American Woman Tried to Smuggle 166 Maya Objects From Guatemala
Stephanie Allison Jolluck was apprehended by authorities days after a close call with airport security, who found two 1,000-year-old artifacts in her luggage.
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An Artemisia Gentileschi Nude Takes Her Top Off
Conservators are working to “virtually restore” a Gentileschi painting whose nude figure was covered with draping and veils in the interest of modesty.
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Guaranteed Income Program for Artists Kicks Off in NY
More than 22,000 artists applied for Creatives Rebuild New York’s initiative, the biggest in the country.
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Nearly 100 Maya Masterpieces Are Now on View in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade.
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Reggaetonero J Balvin Named Hirshhorn Museum’s “Cultural Ambassador”
The Colombian singer has come under scrutiny in the past for what some consider to be his appropriation of Afro-Caribbean musical traditions.