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Mississippi Museum of Art Receives Over 100 Works, and Dia:Beacon Acquires Charlotte Posenenske's Sculptural Pieces
Plus, work by Theaster Gates sells at Sotheby's Miami (RED) auction, and Penn State installs a George Rickey sculpture.
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Museum Creates Program for Families Suffering from the Opioid Crisis
Approximately 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone. For families hurt by addiction, the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire has created an unprecedented program that uses art as a healing tool for those affected by the epidemic in a state that's ranked third in the nation for d
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Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures won $250,000 from Sotheby's to stage an exhibition on Black cinema, and more.
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Artists Arrested in Cuba for Protesting Decree Censoring the Arts
Cuban artists were arrested after planning a sit-in at the Cuban Ministry of Culture to protest Decree 349, which puts in place unprecedented censorship of the arts and will take effect December 7.
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Architects Reimagine Central Park After a Fictional Eco-Terrorist Attack
Competitors for the University of Pennsylvania's ICONOCLAST Design Competition were asked to design a post-apocalyptic Central Park after a fictional eco-terrorist attack left "Bill Di Blastoff" looking for a more democratic, ecological, and beautiful plan.
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Strand Bookstore Fights to Keep Its Building Off New York City's Registry of Preserved Landmarks
"By landmarking the Strand, you can also destroy a piece of New York history," Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden said. "We’re operating on very thin margins here."
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Protesters March After UNC Proposes $5.3M Building to House Toppled Confederate Monument
In August, student activists toppled the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument on UNC's campus. Yesterday, the university chancellor introduced a proposal to reinstall the statue.
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As "Yellow Vest" Protests Rip Through France, Paris Museums and Galleries Close
The Arc de Triomphe was vandalized and had one of its sculpture's smashed by protesters while cars burned outside the Jeu de Paume and Orangerie.
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Whitney Museum Director Pens Letter After Vice Chair’s Relationship to Weapons Manufacturer Is Publicized
"Even as we are idealistic and missionary in our belief in artists — as established by our founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — the Whitney is first and foremost a museum. It cannot right all the ills of an unjust world, nor is that its role. Yet, I contend that the Whitney has a critical and urgen
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Artist Candice Breitz Calls for Refugee Aid Worker's Release After 100-Day Imprisonment [UPDATED]
Since August, Sarah Mardini — a humanitarian aid worker who saved refugees bound for Greece by pulling their sinking dinghy ashore — has indefinitely languished in a prison outside Athens.
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Decolonize This Place Demands Repatriation of "Imperial Plunder" at the Brooklyn Museum
Parallel to today's protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum's collection.
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Protesters Request RISD Museum Return Bronze Sculpture to Nigeria
Students and faculty from the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University held an action today to request a sculpture looted from the Kingdom of Benin be returned. The museum says they have begun conversations with the Nigerian government to return the bronze.