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A Braille-Based Typeface Readable by Both Touch and Sight
A new typeface updates the nearly 200 century-old system by superimposing raised dots onto carefully configured letterforms, allowing it to be understood by both sight and touch.
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Demonstrators Splash Red Paint Inside LA Gallery in Apparent Protest of Gentrification
The incident on Saturday was not the first time Dalton Warehouse has been a target.
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After Artists Reveal Pattern of Nonpayment, Los Angeles CB1 Gallery Will Close
Artists who have shown with the gallery expressed mix reactions to the announcement.
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MoMA Sues New Café and Gallery "MoMaCha" for Trademark Violation
The Museum of Modern Art's complaint claims the actions of a Lower East Side café and gallery will cause "harm to its name, reputation, and goodwill."
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a collector sued Jeff Koons and Gagosian for failing to deliver three sculptures, a gold reliquary containing the heart of Anne of Brittany was stolen from a French museum, and the Royal College of Music recorded a piece of music featured in "The Paston Treasure."
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Collector Who Paid $13M Sues Jeff Koons and Gagosian
Steven Tananbaum claims he has paid more than $13 million since 2013 for three sculptures, none of which have been delivered.
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Controversial Fountain Showing Armed White Settler and Native American Will Be Removed and Preserved
The Kalamazoo fountain, built in 1940, has been called “horrendous,” “a monument to mistreatment,” and "evil."
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Los Angeles's CB1 Gallery Accused of Not Paying Its Artists
An open letter accuses the owners of failing to pay artists according to their contracts, writing bad checks, and selling work without notification.
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National Gallery of Canada Plans to Sell a Chagall So It Can Buy a Jacques-Louis David [UPDATED]
The museum wants to prevent the David from leaving Canada — but it may face a bidding war with other Canadian museums.
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Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Enslaved Women Removed from Central Park
The monument to J. Marion Sims will eventually be installed, along with a display adding historical context, near his grave in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor
The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.
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Solange Unveils Performance Art Piece at the Hammer Museum
The performance was staged on a LeWittian large-scale sculpture by Solange that will travel around the US this summer.