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Forensic Architecture's Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes

The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.

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Activist Arrested During Protest on Subway Ride to the Whitney Museum for Protest Against Warren Kanders [UPDATED]

The protesters occupied the C subway line from East New York to Chelsea, and were confronted with large police forces at the final stop. One protester was arrested.

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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open

The museum, which preserves the history of one of the first free Black communities in New York, says that if a new crowdfunding campaign does not yield $200,000 before July, it will be forced to shut its doors for lack of resources.

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Week in Review: Reuters Journalists Freed in Myanmar, Facebook Groups Exposed for Selling Looted Objects

Also, the Hermitage Museum will loan Leonardo da Vinci works to Italian galleries in lieu of the Louvre, Tennessee gets a triennial, and more.

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Nelson Mandela Sketch Sells at Auction, and Frieze Brings Major Sales

Plus, the Getty acquires ancient engraved gems, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation acquires a rare map.

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Frieze announced its 2019 awards, Mia Locks was appointed senior curator at MOCA Los Angeles, and more.

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Activists Return to the British Museum to Lead Another "Stolen Goods" Tour

During the event, speakers called for the repatriation of objects acquired through colonialism and an end to sponsorship from the oil company BP.

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Student Organizations Occupy the Whitney's Lobby to Demand the Ousting of Warren Kanders

The students drew parallels and connections between the museum's board of trustee's vice chair and other board members at their universities

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Today in Notre-Dame News: Angry Bees and Zombie Gargoyles Edition

Nothing gets creative cogs churning quite like an 850-year-old cathedral on fire.

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Week in Review: 500 Years Since Leonardo’s Death, Jonas Wood Sale Will Fund Rainforest Conservation

Also, the Asia Society will launch a triennial in 2020, Trevor Paglen's space sculpture has lost contact with engineers on Earth, and more.

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British Museum Receives Damien Hirst's Frank Dunphy Portraits, and Brooklyn Museum Announces Major Acquisitions

Plus, the Brooklyn Museum purchases work by Diedrick Brackens and Gala Porras-Kim at Frieze New York, and the Delaware Art Museum purchases work by Hank Willis Thomas.

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Director John Singleton passed away, the shortlist for the Turner Prize was announced, and more.