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Two Hip-Hop Personalities, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and Free Richardson, Open South Bronx Gallery
The hip-hop trailblazers intend The Compound as a space to curate a cross-culture between art, music, fashion, entertainment, and more.
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New Yorkers Booked 9,500 Free Museum Tickets in Four Days, New Passes Arrive August 1
In the four days since it launched, the new Culture Pass NYC program helped New Yorkers book over 9,500 reservations for 33 museums and cultural institutions across the five boroughs.
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This week in art news: Never-before-seen artwork by Nelson Mandela released, Beyoncé and Jay-Z file a request to film at the Colosseum, and Wes Anderson is now a curator.
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Al Qassemi Settles Lawsuit with Sotheby’s and Waterhouse’s “The Siren” Sells for Nearly $5 million
A Sir Quentin Blake retrospective auction celebrates the author’s prolific career as an illustrator and a 19th Century European and Orientalist Art auction fetches over $3 million at Christie’s in London.
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A Museum Is Already Planned at Thai Cave Where 12 Boys were Rescued
Less than a day after rescuing trapped schoolboys and their coach from a flooded cave, Thai officials have plans to turn the whole ordeal into a museum to boost tourism in the region.
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This week in art news: Curator Nikki Columbus has filed a discrimination complaint against MoMA PS1, artists lose a class action lawsuit against auction houses, and the University of Kansas takes down an altered flag that was part of an art project.
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Colby College Acquires Jackson Pollock Painting, and Getty Purchases 13th-Century Rothschild Pentateuch
Plus the National Gallery in London acquired a rare painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, and the Lazinc Gallery sells three Banksy pieces.
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The National Gallery Acquires Its First Painting by a Woman Since 1991
The London museum's acquisition of what is believed to be a rare Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait demands a closer look at the world the artist inhabited in 17th-century Florence.
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Joseph Beuys’s Only Public Artwork in New York Temporarily Unearthed
Last weekend, the Beuys stones were removed from their Chelsea location due to construction plans.
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This week in art news: two men associated with the Ghost Ship warehouse fire pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter, the Guggenheim Museum restored Édouard Manet's "Woman in Striped Dress," and an exhibition of rare automata opened in the UK.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Acquires a Rare Painting and Back to the Future Shoe Sells for $92,000
Plus London auction houses sell prominent works by J.M.W. Turner, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Antonio Canova, and an ancient Egyptian limestone figure of the scribe Nekht-ankh from the late 12th/13th dynasty.
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Brooklyn's Black & White Gallery and Project Space Closes After 16 Years
Founded in Williamsburg by Tatyana Okshteyn in 2002, the gallery shifted from a commercial model to an increased emphasis on nonprofit projects.