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Warren Kanders's wife, Allison, simultaneously resigned from the museum's painting and sculpture committee. The news comes after months of protests and an emerging boycott, with eight artists withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
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Plus: the photo archives of Ebony and Jet magazines have found their buyer, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired 45 new pieces.
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"After this discovery, what may have started as the Tear Gas Biennial is now the Sierra Bullet Biennial," a Forensic Architecture researcher told Hyperallergic.
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Korakrit Arunanondchai, Meriem Bennani, Nicole Eisenman, and Nicholas Galanin say that the museum has failed to adequately respond to the Warren Kanders controversy. Following the announcement, Eddie Arroyo, Christine Sun Kim, Agustina Woodgate, and Forensic Architecture announced their withdrawal.
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The streets of San Juan are filled with protesters outraged over misogynist, homophobic, and violent comments made by Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rosselló. Artists have played a key role in global awareness of the controversy.
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Also, Ai Weiwei won his suit against Volkswagen, there was a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio, and more.
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Plus, the Pérez Art Museum Miami receives $1 million for its Caribbean Cultural Institute, Spain's Museo Nacional del Prado acquires 11 new works, and Penske Media buys Art Market Monitor.
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Doğan and three other artists adorned their bodies with cave paintings from Hasankeyf, an ancient Mesopotamian city, to protest its imminent destruction caused by the construction of a new dam.
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Galleries are exiting the market and studios are being demolished in what the government is referring to as their actions against organized crime.
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Also, a monument to Melania Trump crafted with a chainsaw popped up in Slovenia, high-profile artists urge National Portrait Gallery to divest from BP, and more.
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Plus, heirs of an Austrian cabaret singer win a lawsuit over Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawings, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts adds 111 works to its permanent collection.
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Valor y Cambio (Value and Change), a new project by artist and scholar Frances Negrón-Muntaner, gives participants newly designed "Pesos of Puerto Rico" to use in businesses around the city in exchange for their stories.