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Joseph Beuys’s Only Public Artwork in New York Temporarily Unearthed
Last weekend, the Beuys stones were removed from their Chelsea location due to construction plans.
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This week in art news: two men associated with the Ghost Ship warehouse fire pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter, the Guggenheim Museum restored Édouard Manet's "Woman in Striped Dress," and an exhibition of rare automata opened in the UK.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Acquires a Rare Painting and Back to the Future Shoe Sells for $92,000
Plus London auction houses sell prominent works by J.M.W. Turner, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Antonio Canova, and an ancient Egyptian limestone figure of the scribe Nekht-ankh from the late 12th/13th dynasty.
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Brooklyn's Black & White Gallery and Project Space Closes After 16 Years
Founded in Williamsburg by Tatyana Okshteyn in 2002, the gallery shifted from a commercial model to an increased emphasis on nonprofit projects.
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Adapting Zoe Leonard's "I want a president" for Mexico's Upcoming Election
Ahead of Sunday's presidential election in Mexico, the poet Luis Felipe Fabre has adapted Leonard's poem and a collective reading will take place in Mexico City on Saturday.
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This week in art news: the US National Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of endangered historic places, Greece's prime minister requested that Britain return the Parthenon marbles, and the New-York Historical Society launched a program on civil rights history.
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Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires 23 Major Works and a Lucian Freud Reaches $29.4M at Sotheby’s
Plus a Martin Kippenberger sold for $11 million at Phillips, and the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Art were jointly gifted Native and South American textiles.
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We Got to Visit the Exclusive LA Mural that Only “Verified Influencers” Can Photograph
A kind security guard monitors the entrance to the influencer-only social media shrine, which has drawn plenty of outrage.
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Artist Drops 800-Pound Heroin Spoon Outside OxyContin Manufacturer's Headquarters
Artist Domenic Esposito and gallerist Fernando Luis Alvarez delivered the giant sculpture to the doorstep of drugmaker Purdue Pharma.
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Art Dealers Could Be Under More Financial Scrutiny with New US Bill
The Bank Secrecy Act, created in 1970 to prevent money laundering in major financial institutions, could be extended to the art and antiquities market.
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Scottish Band that Supports BDS Was Banned, Then Re-Invited by German Triennial
Young Fathers were originally slated to perform at the Ruhrtriennale on August 18; they have yet to respond to the artistic director's invitation back to the triennial.
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Rumored New Banksy Murals Appear Around Paris
The six new murals include images referring to the migrant crisis and France's attempts to ban hijabs.