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Does Gagosian's New Advisory Firm Create a Conflict of Interest?
Gallerists and art advisors suspect there could be ulterior motives to the industry leader's latest power play, but Gagosian would beg to differ.
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A Heated Fifth Week of Protest at the Whitney Museum Centers Palestinian Liberation
Protesters were challenged by disgruntled museumgoers, youth organizers performed a Dabka, and activists gave impassioned speeches about Whitney vice chair Warren Kanders's association with Palestine through weapons companies.
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Week in Review: Isamu Noguchi's Studio Will Open to the Public, Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, Hito Steyerl addresses the Sackler family controversy and opioid epidemic, 30,000 imperial objects were found underneath a zoo in Rio de Janeiro, and more.
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Tenement Museum Workers Vote to Unionize
The workers report low wages, scarce benefits, and unstable working conditions, calling the conditions unfitting of a museum that was founded to celebrate the labor struggles of immigrant families.
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LACMA Acquires Eight New Works, and Harvard Museums Receive 70 Otto Piene Sketchbooks
Plus, George Condo and Giorgio de Chirico sell at auction.
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Art Movements
Mandy El-Sayegh is now represented by Lehmann Maupin, the 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships have been announced, and more.
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2,000 Archaeologists and Scholars Ask Society for American Archaeology to Review Sexual Harassment Policy [UPDATED]
They are disturbed by the organization's "inaction" after attendees voiced their concerns about an archaeology professor, David Yesner, who was implicated in a Title IX investigation and banned from a university.
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Trump Satirizes Kehinde Wiley's Obama Portrait to Fundraise 2020 Reelection Bid
The president's action committee is selling the shirt, labeled "SPY" through its gift shop for $28.00. It also comes as a tank top.
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As Smoke Clears, Paris Envisions a Path Forward for Notre-Dame
Officials take stock of the damage done to the cathedral as billionaires pledge money and academics brainstorm the best path forward for restoration.
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German Authorities Drop Investigation of Group that Replicated Holocaust Memorial Near Home of Rightwing Politician
After Björn Höcke called the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin “a monument of shame," an artist built a replica beside the politician's home.
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The American Museum of Natural History Cancels Event Honoring Brazil's Far-Right President
After pushback from museum staff and prominent scientists, AMNH has decided "that the Museum is not the optimal location for the Brazilian-Am. Chamber of Commerce gala dinner," which is set to honor Jair Bolsonaro.
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Fire Engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
Flames have engulfed and collapsed the historic church's spire and ceiling. A church spokesperson told press, "Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame."