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Government Shutdown May Force Smithsonian Museums to Close Starting Jan 2 [UPDATED]
With the government shutdown continuing into the new year, Smithsonian museums, along with the National Zoo, must prepare to close as well.
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Week in Review: Ivory Coast Demands 148 Works From France, Banksy Work Appears in Wales
Also, the Park Avenue Armory receives a grant from the city, Agnes Gund and Oprah Winfrey will help chair a charity art auction, and more.
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Astronomical Images of Newly-Formed Galaxies
Recently, researchers released high-resolution images of the swirls and rings of still-forming planetary and star systems.
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Art Movements
Red Bull Arts Detroit has selected their fellows and artists in residence, 270 artists and art professionals sign a statement in support of safe spaces in the South Asian art community, and more.
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Tate Acquires Sylvia Pankhurst's Watercolors, and North Carolina Museum of Art Acquires William Wetmore Sculpture
Plus, the Telfair Museums are gifted 347 photographs by Bruce Davidson.
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Women’s Center for Creative Work Plans to Diversify the Subjects of Stock Photos
When the Women’s Center for Creative Work realized the minimal representation for people of color, women, genderqueer, and disabled folks in stock photos, they launched the WCCW Stock Photo Project.
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Decolonize This Place Announces January 26 Town Hall Regarding Whitney Museum’s Tear Gas Problem
The group’s recent letter calls for continued action, adding “Inaction with respect to the art-washing industrial complex of contemporary art makes our field complicit with death, disaster, and destruction.”
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200 Years of Typography and Letters Found Online
Digitizing a treasure trove of letter-blocks, sketches, and inkings for viewing serving designers everywhere.
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The Signature Dish at Banksy's Bethlehem Hotel Is the "Walled Off Salad" (Hold the Mayo)
Both the Walled Off and the Waldorf salads are topped with walnuts and originated in hotels. Their similarities end there.
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A Highly Anticipated Los Angeles Museum of Film Promises Thought-Provoking Exhibitions
The soon-to-open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures commits to telling the full and diverse stories of film.
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Week in Review: New Mexico Mayor Donates Year's Salary to Judy Chicago Museum, Researchers Launch Egon Schiele Database
Also, a Dutch art dealer's grandson sues the Dutch government to return paintings sold to Nazis under duress, the Eastern Orthodox Church has filed a lawsuit against Princeton University to return stolen manuscripts, and more.
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National Galleries of Scotland Acquire Salvador Dalí "Lobster Phone," Getty Museum Acquires Vilhelm Hammershøi painting
Plus, the Walker Art Center acquires two interdisciplinary works, and a letter by Oscar Wilde sells at auction.