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Marina Abramović Assaulted by Man Who Says He Did It for Art’s Sake
Abramović was leaving a book-signing event when her assailant approached with a self-made portrait of the performance artist, suddenly smashing it over her head.
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Los Angeles Gallery Takes Down One of Two Exhibitions After Anti-Gentrification Protest [UPDATED]
After artists featured in a Chimento Contemporary exhibition engaged with protesters outside, their show was pressured to shut down.
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17 Years Later, 9/11 Memorial at Pennsylvania Crash Site Is Completed
From its earliest stages, the memorial site has been plagued with islamophobic conspiracy theories about its design. "The Tower of Voices" is no different.
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Ai Weiwei returns to the United States, Salvator Mundi's origins are revealed, and Chinese antiquities evade Trump's tariffs.
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Stanford Acquires Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpture, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Acquires Medieval Art
Plus, a Paul Rand photogram sells at auction, and Christie's and Sotheby's sell a number of Chinese and Southeast Asian works and artifacts.
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1,400 US Museums to Offer Free Admission on September 22
The 14th annual Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian, will celebrate “Women Making History” in 2018.
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Belgian Artist Jan Fabre Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by 20 Former Members of His Troupe
20 former members of his Troubleyn troupe penned a letter accusing him of sexual harassment and misconduct, and the Flanders culture ministry has stepped in to investigate.
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Refugee Stories Told from a Barge, Timed for UN General Assembly Session
We talked to Shimon Attie and the subjects of his project about the state of political asylum in America.
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After Museum Director Is Fired, Artist Shuts Down Her Exhibition on Police Brutality [UPDATED]
The museum’s director Kimberli Meyer was fired days before the exhibition opened, a project that she had helped to spearhead.
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#NopeToArms Collective Stages a Grassroots Exhibition of Art Pulled from Design Museum [UPDATE]
From Nope to Hope: Art vs Arms, Oil, and Injustice displays the work of artists who protested the London Design Museum's relationship with arms dealer Leonardo.
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Artist Allegedly Hung a Putin Portrait in Trump DC Hotel Suite — and It Stayed Up for a Month
Brian Whiteley says no one batted an eye at Putin's likeness hanging in the Pennsylvania Avenue suite. The hotel says it never happened.
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Students are archiving images of the National Museum of Brazil, photojournalist Shahidul Alam is refused bail, and a member of Pussy Riot is allegedly poisoned.