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Who will save Richmond Barthé's Depression Era frieze from crumbling into dust? The 80-foot-long sculpture was an ambitious public art commission by the gay African American sculptor, but now public officials are reluctant to lend a helping hand.
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Francis Outred resigned as Christie’s Head of Postwar Art, Krista Clark and William Downs won the 2018 Atlanta Artadia Award, and more.
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Billy Gerard Frank, a multimedia artist who explores themes of sexuality, family, and diaspora, is one of four artists selected to represent Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Frank is responsible for funding his presentation, and has launched a GoFundMe.
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Suzanne Lacy and others remember the Woman's Building, whose history is being preserved by the Getty Research Institute thanks to a recent grant.
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Emmanuel Macron's decision is a gesture of goodwill, but these objects comprise just 0.5 percent of the objects requested for restitution by the West African country.
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Warren B. Kanders, a vice chairman at the Whitney Museum of American Art, purchased defense manufacturer "Safariland" in 2012 for $124 million.
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Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer's Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook's censors, who then permanently disabled his profile.
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After 27 educators were dismissed from the National Gallery in London, they launched a crowd-funded legal effort to combat the precarity of such unstable employment, backed by vocal support from the UK's Labour Party.
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Mohammad Sharaf installed 200 headstones for the censored titles in a plot of land beside Kuwait’s Annual Book Fair.
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Protesters marched outside the governor's office near Grand Central Station, carrying a mock overdose prevention center to urge approval of the five pilot prevention centers promised during Cuomo's election campaign.
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Leon and Debra Black will donate $40 million to MoMA's expansion, MASS MoCA extends Sol LeWitt exhibition until 2043, and more.
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Plus, the Smithsonian acquires an Arthur Jafa video, and a Nazi-looted painting is returned to its heirs.