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Trump Walks Back His Threats to Strike Iran's Cultural Sites
Meanwhile, leaders of cultural institutions have condemned the president's threats, and Iranians responded with a hashtag campaign celebrating their country's cultural treasures.
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Make Your Own Experimental Film Out of GIFs and Philip Glass
Rico Monkeon's "Gifaanisqatsi" uses the score from the classic documentary Koyaanisqatsi and random GIFs to generate mesmerizing custom montages.
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Beloved Comic Series The Far Side Is Now Legally On the Web
After decades of eschewing the internet, creator Gary Larson is releasing daily batches of the classic strip.
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India and US Top List of Data Requests from TikTok, According to New Transparency Report
Under pressure for its alleged ties to the Chinese government and other security concerns, the developers behind TikTok published the company’s first “transparency report."
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Adjaye Associates Is Building a Mosque, a Church, and a Synagogue in Abu Dhabi
The Abrahamic Family House, designed by Sir David Adjaye's architecture firm, will be located on Saadiyat Island, not far from the new Louvre Abu Dhabi.
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Trump Reiterates Threat to Iranian Cultural Sites
According to the New York Times, Trump has reiterated his threat against cultural sites in Iran. Even such a move would widely be seen as a war crime, the president argued on Sunday night: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roa
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Trump Threatens War Crimes on Iran in New Tweet About Cultural Sites
After the assassination of Iranian major general Soleimani, a new tweet by the US President suggests more ominous actions on the horizon.
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Week in Review: Artist Arrested For Supporting Hong Kong Protests; Picasso Portrait Vandalized in London
Also, a historical mural in Santa Fe is facing destruction, a “Rainbow Embassy” was opened in Arkansas, a man graffitied "Bird God" in huge letters on Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza's arch, and more.
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Artist Arrested in China on Charges of Supporting Hong Kong Protests Online
PEN America issued a statement demanding the immediate release of Chinese artist Yang Licai, who was detained by authorities in December.
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Man Vandalized a Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar at Tate Modern
Shakeel Massey, a 20-year-old from north London, was arrested for allegedly ripping the $26 million painting. The damage to the artwork is being assessed by a Tate conservation team.
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Happy Public Domain Day! Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is Copyright Free
Starting today anyone can legally remix and republish classics that include Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Gift of Black Folk, and Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr.
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Happy Public Domain Day! Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is Copyright Free
Starting today anyone can legally remix and republish classics that include Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Gift of Black Folk, and Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr.