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Cop Admits to Playing Copyrighted Music to Keep Activist Recording off Youtube
During a recorded conversation with activists, an officer began backing the conversation with the sounds of Taylor Swift.
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Artists Demand Release of Dissident Artist Detained in Cuba
Over 140 artists and intellectuals including Tania Bruguera and Katherine Bisquet have voiced their support for Hamlet Lavastida.
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Salary Survey Shows Widening Income Disparities at US Museums
The recent survey by the Association of Art Museum Directors demonstrates a wide income gap between top officials and other workers.
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Two Hyperallergic Editors Among Recipients of Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism
Editors Jasmine Weber and John Yau are among the recipients of the prestigious award.
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Week in Review: NYC Halts Essential Workers Monument; Polish Politicians Target LGBTQ Artist-Activists
Also, artist-activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested at a protest against media corruption, and more.
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Urged by Battery Park City Locals, Work Paused on Essential Workers Monument
Critics say the memorial planned for Rockefeller Park was approved without community input and will significantly reduce green space.
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Basquiat's Painting on an Apartment Door Acquired by Dallas Museum of Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat painted the portrait in 1985, on the door of a Dallas apartment where he was staying.
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Purchased at a Landfill for $5, a David Bowie Painting Smashed an Auction Record
The work is from Bowie’s Dead Heads series, which includes portraits of his friends, family members, and bandmates.
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Polish Politicians Sue Artist-Activists for Mapping “Atlas of Hate”
Six local governments sued four artist-activists who created the Atlas of Hate, an interactive map charting the country’s anti-gay zones.
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Owner of California's "Flintstone House" Settles Lawsuit Over Dinosaur Sculptures
“We’re in the United States, they can’t tell you to get rid of a dinosaur,” the owner's attorney said in 2019.
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Artist-Activists Arrested at “Cut the Crap” Protests in London
Extinction Rebellion cheekily called the action at Daily Mail offices its "Submission for the 2021 Turner Prize."
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Scholars Decipher 3,200-year-old Rock Reliefs That Depict the Cosmos
Over 200 years since they were discovered, researchers may have finally deciphered the elaborate Hittite carvings.