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The Next Big Thing Is at Spring Break Art Show
It has a longstanding reputation for being scrappy and DIY, but the latest edition of the New York art fair proves it can also clean up quite nicely.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Lays Off 29 Workers
The museum union pledged to “fight back on these unjustified layoffs,” which the institution said were a response to financial challenges.
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Matthew Courtney, Downtown Artist Who Platformed Others, Dies at 66
From the mid-1980s through early ’90s, he hosted the weekly anything-goes open-mic event Wide Open Cabaret at the historic home of ABC No Rio.
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This Year’s Met Gala Memes Prove We’re All Tired of This Shit
The lack of risk-taking and personal flair in this year’s outfits — particularly in celebrating Black dandyism — isn’t even worth our sass.
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No, That Was Not Rosa Parks on K-Pop Star Lisa’s Met Gala Outfit
Amid wild online speculation, it was revealed that the portraits on the black-lace jacket and bodysuit were designed by painter Henry Taylor for Louis Vuitton.
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Colosseum Denies Reports of Tourist Injured on Its Grounds
Italian outlets reported that an American man was impaled by a metal fence outside the ancient amphitheater.
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US Government Calls for Venice Biennale Proposals Focused on “American Values”
The newly opened grant portal for the United States pavilion features updated Trumpian language and a shortened timeline for applications.
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National Endowment for the Arts Cuts Millions in Grants
As Trump threatens to eliminate the agency altogether, award recipients are scrambling to recoup lost funding.
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Trump Officials Take Down Memorial to Gun Violence Victims
The display at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, DC, featured portraits of nearly 120 people, including children killed in mass school shootings.
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Art Institute of Chicago President on Leave After Stripping on Plane
The museum confirmed that James Rondeau is currently under investigation.
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Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s “Wonder Woman,” Dies at 78
The feminist artist probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media to explore how information is disseminated, transformed, and assimilated.
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Judge Halts Trump’s Cuts to Museum and Library Funding Agency
The temporary ruling comes as Trump moves to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities in a newly released budget proposal.