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A New Orleans Museum Is Now Mobile, Transforming How People See Art
Housed in a customized trailer, the traveling counterpart of the New Orleans Museum of Art challenges elitist narratives about who museums are for.
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Is Spain's Decision to Exhume Franco's Body a Goodwill Gesture or a Politically Motivated Ploy?
The leftist government's decision to dig up the dictator's body from its resting place after four decades in the country's most important memorial site threatens to open old wounds.
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Artist Trevor Paglen Is Not Convinced His Space Art Will Ruin Astronomical Research
After raising nearly $76,000 to launch his artwork into space, Paglen is now facing concerted criticism from the science community that his sculpture could ruin their research for the two months it orbits Earth. The artist begs to differ.
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Former Educators at London’s National Gallery Are Taking Legal Action, Alleging Unfair Dismissal
The 27 claimants are alleging unfair dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of length of service, age, and sex.
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Art Movements
Anti-ICE activists run into trouble at the Statue of Liberty, ominous "hunger stones" appear amidst European drought, and an unlucky visitor falls into Anish Kapoor's "Descent into Limbo.”
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The Blanton Museum Gifts 500 Works to Texas Museums, and German Museum Gets 150 Beuys Works
Plus, M+ in Hong Kong acquires all of Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries's works, and the Millennium Sapphire is purchased for $50 million.
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Duke University Decides to Leave Former Site of Robert E. Lee Memorial Vacant
A year after removing the statue, Duke University decides to leave the site of the former Confederate monument empty to "provide a powerful statement about the past, the present and our values."
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The New York Public Library Lets You Read a Novel on Instagram
A new initiative launches handheld reading for classic literature.
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Heatwave Reveals Traces of Unknown Archeological Sites in England
This summer's heat has led to a series of archeological discoveries in England.
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One of the Most Renowned Confederate Monuments Is Toppled By a Crowd of 250
Controversies surrounding Confederate monument "Silent Sam" on UNC's campus has reached new heights after protests end in the statue's collapse.
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MoMA Staff Secures Museum-Wide Raises After Four Months of Union Bargaining
The parties settled on a five-year contract, ratified by a 96% margin, in which employee health benefits, salary raises, and chances for upward mobility in the MoMA ranks were put forth.
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Art Movements: German Video Games Can Now Feature Swastikas, Bloomberg Grants Small Institutions $43 Million
Outlines of buried ancient structures appear during a UK heat wave, and art organizations make steps toward racial equity in the field.