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Rare 19th-century Navajo Chief's Blanket Donated to Colonial Williamsburg
The piece is attributed to “anonymous Navajo women,” working on handlooms.
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Brooklyn Museum Gets Historic $50 Million Capital Infusion From New York City
The funds will support gallery renovations, energy-efficient updates, and the creation of a new permanent space dedicated to Brooklyn history.
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Calderón Ruiz, Dedicated to Latinx Artists, Changes Name to Calderón Gallery
The space will be led solely by Nicole Calderón, after co-founder Mike Ruiz faced allegations from artists related to his gallery in Berlin.
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In Ceremony, Met Museum Officially Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The museum and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments entered into a shared agreement to collaborate on mutual loans of Benin objects and other “exchanges of expertise and art.”
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Announcing the Recipients of the 2021 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators
Tahnee Ahtone, La Tanya S. Autry, Dan Cameron, Jeremy Dennis, and Frederica Simmons are the recipients of this year's fellowships.
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A Landscape Photography Contest Rewards Unique Approaches to the Genre
The photographs that win competitions and go viral, NLPA organizer Matt Payne observed, “have mostly been manipulated in Photoshop to grab your attention and blow you out of the water.”
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"Discovery of a Lifetime": Rare Tudor Paintings From Elizabeth I's Reign Found Hidden in Medieval Manor
Restorers at Calverley Old Hall in Yorkshire, England are calling the discovery "a time machine to the age of the Reformation."
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Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture Goes Digital
Launched yesterday, the Searchable Museum brings the institution's celebrated installations to the screen.
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An Archive Traces the History of Anti-Semitism Across Europe
The archive includes some 15,000 objects and ephemera, ranging from anti-Semitic postcards and playing cards to concentration camp currency and food ration cards.
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Landscapes by Ojibwe Painter George Morrison Adorn 2022 USPS Stamps
The modernist “challenged prevailing ideas of what Native American art should be,” says the US Postal Service.
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Union Workers Strike at MFA Boston, Protesting Stagnant Wages and Delayed Negotiations
“Get up, get down! Boston is a union town,” strikers and local UAW supporters alike chanted in unison during a demonstration this morning, November 17.
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Artist-led Flux Factory Purchased Its Longtime Home, and a New Venue in Queens
The nonprofit, best known for its offbeat programming, has launched a fundraiser to cover startup expenses for the new space.