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Ron English Plans to Whitewash a $730,000 Banksy, and then Sell It
After buying it at auction, the American street artist says he will paint the Banksy mural white as a protest against the buying and selling of street art.
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Week in Review: Iranian Art Market Suffers After Oil Sanctions, Winnipeg Gallery Launches Indigenous Biennial
Also, Björk is planning her “most elaborate stage concert yet," the Souls Grown Deep Foundation sell a Thornton Dial Painting to fund their paid internship program, and more.
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Bangladeshi Photojournalist, Shahidul Alam, Granted Bail After 102 Days in Detention
Alam's lawyer told Al Jazeera she hopes the 63-year-old artist will be released by Sunday.
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Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey” Sets Auction Record, and Souls Grown Deep Gifts Works to Five Museums
Plus, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture acquires the full Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis archive, and Diego and Alberto Giacometti's works sell at auction.
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Sondra Perry received the 2018 Nam June Paik award, Njideka Akunyili Crosby is now represented by David Zwirner in collaboration with Victoria Miro, Marvel legend Stan Lee passed away, and more.
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Planned Amazon Headquarters in Queens Enrages Residents as Art Organizations Stay Mostly Quiet
Nearly 250 people gathered today, November 14, in Long Island City to protest the controversial announcement as arts organizations held their breath to see what financial fortunes might come their way from Amazon's touchdown in Queens.
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Political Cartoonist Threatened by Chinese Authorities During “Free Expression Week”
An exhibition by Badiucao, addressing Google's complacency in China's internet censorship, was set to open in Hong Kong on November 3. With one day's notice, organizers were forced to cancel the event “out of safety concerns," following threats from Chinese authorities.
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New York Public Library Offers Ties and Briefcases You Can Check Out for Job Interviews
A librarian at the Riverside NYPL branch, Michelle Lee, spearheaded a program to loan ties, briefcases, and handbags after teaching seminars about job-hunting to NYC teenagers.
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Jeff Koons Faces Fines After Being Found Guilty of Plagiarism (Again)
The artist must pay nearly $170,000 to the creator of a 1985 ad campaign that he copied for the 1988 statue, “Fait d’hiver.” This is just one of five copyright infringement lawsuits from the artist's Banality series.
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DC Commission Reverses Course After Attempt to Censor Artists
The mayor’s office rescinded the controversial amendment, and grantees have received a letter explaining it as an “over-correction” just moments after the censorship push made national headlines.
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Week in Review: Gallerists Fined $15M for Art Scam, and Kremlin Museum Investigates Stolen Malevich
Also, a Velásquez is authenticated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Kerry James Marshall swears off public artwork after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s misstep, and more.
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University of Texas at Dallas Receives Over 400 Swiss Artworks, and Colonial Williamsburg Acquires Revolutionary War Portrait
Plus, the Bruce Museum receives a collection of Native American baskets, textiles, and ceramics, and the Jewish Museum Vienna receives 170 Japanese netsuke on long-term loan.