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Thai Street Artists Demand Justice After Killing of Endangered Black Panther
After a Thai mogul was arrested for allegedly hunting in a wildlife sanctuary, artists started painting panther murals to keep the story in the public consciousness.
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A Trump Portrait Contest Provides Some Artistic Catharsis
Winners of an open call contest for portraits of the 45th US president include a photo of a cheese slice draped over a doughnut and a painting of Trump piggy-backing on Putin.
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Texas Art Teacher Suspended for Discussing Her Sexual Orientation in Class
According to the Mansfield Independent School Board, Stacey Bailey was let go after "complaints from parents about Ms. Baily discussing her sexual orientation with elementary-aged students."
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Denmark's First Public Monument to a Black Woman Celebrates a 19th-Century Freedom Fighter
"I Am Queen Mary," installed in Copenhagen, was inspired by Mary Thomas, who led a major uprising on the former Danish colony of St. Croix.
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In a Trump Hotel Suite, Artist Collective "Jails" the President
The shadowy artist collective Indecline converted a room at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan into a solo jail cell for a man playing President Trump.
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314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library
There are generally two types of rare book thieves — ones that steal for money and book hoarders.
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Obama Portraits Bring Record Traffic to National Portrait Gallery
On March 24 alone, the day of the March For Our Lives, 35,968 people visited the museum.
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Long-Lost 1924 Film That Anticipated the Holocaust Is Rediscovered and Restored
The City Without Jews was once considered lost forever. But in 2015, at a flea market in Paris, a collector unexpectedly discovered a complete copy of the film.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the UK's arts minister placed an export bar on one of Dalí's lobster telephones, theorist Julia Kristeva was accused of having been a Soviet-era spy, and a decade-long restoration of Tutankhamen's tomb came close to completion.
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Apple Proposes New Emoji to Represent People with Disabilities
The 13 proposed emoji include icons of a hearing aid, prostheses, and two types of wheelchairs.
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A New Artist Residency Lands at LaGuardia Airport
Though it's best known for cramped terminals and perpetual traffic jams, New York City's smallest air travel hub will soon boast a rather unique amenity.
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Bean There, Done That: Houston Gets a Precursor of Chicago's Shiny Anish Kapoor
"I think much more than 'Cloud Gate,' 'Cloud Column' is meant specifically to capture the heavens and bring them down to earth," MFAH's director, Gary Tinterow, told Hyperallergic.