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Vintage Labor Posters and More Just Sold for Over $500,000
Plus, works by Salvador Dalí and other Spanish artists will go to the Meadows Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum will house the portfolios of Hal Fischer.
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Controversial San Francisco Mural Will Be Preserved, But Hidden
| The San Francisco Board of Education voted on Tuesday night to conceal, but not destroy [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/arts/san-francisco-murals-george-washington.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190814§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11631&segment_id=16138&user_id=418
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Baton Rouge African American Museum Vandalized After Its Founder's Murder
| On Monday, August 12, Baton Rouge’s African American Museum was badly damaged in what appears to be an act of vandalism exactly one month after its founder was found murdered. Photos posted on Facebook show windows popped from their frames and benches flipped over. Police are investigating the inc
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Controversial Monument to Women's Suffrage Redesigned to Include Sojourner Truth
The abolitionist and women's rights activist will join Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the proposed Central Park sculpture that had previously been accused of racism and whitewashing history.
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Police Arrest Suspect for Alleged Arson Threat to Exhibition
| Police arrested a man suspected of making an arson threat against the Aichi Triennale, the Japan Times reported. “I will bring a gasoline container to the museum,” the threatening fax read, referencing a controversial, life-size sculpture of a "comfort woman." Hotta was apprehended after security
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Week in Review: Literary Legend Toni Morrison Passes Away, Freedom of Speech Exhibition Censored in Japan
Also, Maya Angelou will be honored with a work of public art in San Francisco, maps of gerrymandered districts were turned into a typeface, and more.
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Mead Art Museum Receives Over 170 Pieces of Contemporary Art From Anonymous Donor
Plus, that iconic portrait of Beyoncé is going to the National Portrait Gallery, and three museums in Munich have joined to restitute nine Nazi-looted artworks.
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Artist Sues Country Rapper Who Shot Paintings With Assault Rifle
After a payment dispute flooded onto social media, the country rapper Upchurch posted an Instagram video where he destroyed Jacob Aaron LeVeille's paintings by repeatedly shooting them.
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Artists Demand Answers One Year After Withdrawing Work From London Design Museum
After London's Design Museum housed an event hosted by the arms manufacturer Leonardo, more than 40 artists removed their work from an exhibition. The collective says the museum has failed to address their concerns regarding funding policy in the year following.
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Week in Review: Safariland Rubber Bullets Used in Puerto Rico, Egon Schiele Found in NYC Thrift Store
Also, a Texas family realized a beloved portrait of their mother was painted by renowned contemporary artist Ben Enwonwu, Congress is investigating the closure of Art Institutes, and more.
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Iconic Rembrandt Etching Acquired by Princeton University Art Museum
Plus, 8,300 works by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein will find a new home, and Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz have bought paintings by Tschabalala Self.
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NYC Has Allocated $1 Billion to Arts and Culture Since 2017
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs announced its 2019 action plan for its CreateNYC culture plan, pledging record-breaking budgets for inclusion and diversity programs in cultural institutions