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Jesse Aaron, "Untitled" (early 1970s), wood, popsicle stick, doll’s eyes, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Adolph D. and Wilkins

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires 34 Works by Outsider Artists and a Basquiat Sells for $45.3M at Phillips

Plus Christies and Sotheby's wrapped up their New York spring sales, museums and foundations snapped up works deaccessioned by the Berkshire Museum, and more.

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Artist-Run Satellite Art Show Relocating to Expansive New Miami Location

For its fourth edition, the artist-run fair is relocating to a 33,000-square foot lot near downtown Miami directly alongside the NADA fair's new location.

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New Online Exhibition Chronicles the Many Facets of Frida Kahlo’s Life and Work

Faces of Frida, a partnership between Google Arts & Culture and 33 partner museums, brings together some 800 artifacts from ultra-high resolution images of her work to personal objects and rarely-seen photos.

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Robert Indiana, Creator of Iconic LOVE Works, Dead at 89

The reclusive Pop and hard-edge artist died at his home in Maine this past Saturday.

A net neutrality rally in Washington, DC in December 2017 (photo by Slowking4, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Fight to Preserve Net Neutrality Heads to the US House of Representatives

With less than a month before the FCC is due to repeal rules protecting the open internet, a measure to save it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and President Trump.

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Art Movements

This week in art news: 3,800 smuggled artifacts bought by Hobby Lobby were returned to Iraq, two women wearing LGBTQ rainbow pins were attacked at Beijing's 798 Art District, and the British Museum revealed plans to put a faux prehistoric cave painting by Banksy back on display.

Elena Vladimirovna Semenova, "Relaxation Room" (1926), gouache, pen, and ink on composition board, 14 7/8 x 20 3/8 in, the Mu

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MoMA Acquires 324 Works on Paper and New Auction Records for Kazimir Malevich and Kerry James Marshall

The Museum of Modern Art acquired 324 works from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, and new auction records for Kazimir Malevich, Kerry James Marshall, and David Hockney were set at this week's spring sales at Christie's and Sotheby's.

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Corcoran Gallery Gives More Than 10,000 Artworks to DC Institutions

This week the Corcoran's board announced that over 99% of the works from the gallery's collection will stay in DC, with the vast majority going to the museum at American University.

Protesters at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic)

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Protesters Warn of Luxury High Rises Threatening Brooklyn Botanic Garden [UPDATED]

At a rally on Mother's Day, anti-gentrification groups warned that planned high-rise residential towers will not only displace longtime local residents but pose a threat to the Garden's plant collection.

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A New Initiative Places Curators Who Identify as Disabled at UK Museums

The disability-led visual arts organization DASH is funding curatorial positions at three museums across the UK.

Tom Wolfe at a literary event in Frankfurt in 1988 (photo by MoSchle, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Tom Wolfe, New Journalism Bon Vivant and Critic of Modernism, Dead at 88

A powerful critic of Modernism, Wolfe was an important writer who transformed every subject he touched.

The "Metro Gun Share Program" station in Daley Plaza, Chicago

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Chicago “Gun Share” Installation Visualizes Easy Access to Assault Rifles

Designed to evoke a bike-share station, the installation in Chicago's Daley Plaza calls attention to the disparate gun laws between states.