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The World's Best-Attended Museums and Exhibitions in 2017
The Louvre remained the world's most visited museum last year, but Beijing's National Museum of China is closing the gap, with just 100,000 fewer visitors.
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Arts Workers Rally Around Parole Case of Black Panther Convicted of Killing Two Police Officers
Hundreds have signed a petition supporting the parole of Herman Bell, a former member of the Black Liberation Army.
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In a Parisian Cemetery, a Lovely Brancusi Has Vanished in Plain Sight
Brancusi's "The Kiss" has stood atop Tatiana Rachewskaïa's tomb for more than a century, but six months ago it was covered up and its future remains a mystery.
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Tourist Attraction in Indonesia Rips Off Chris Burden, Yayoi Kusama, and Museum of Ice Cream
The new attraction includes a copy of Burden's "Urban Light" called "Love Light," a version of Kusama's "Obliteration Room" dubbed "Love Lock," and a whole section called "Museum of Ice Cream."
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Lawyer Stalls Plan to Remove Statue that San Francisco Officials Consider Racist [UPDATED]
The bronze statue "Early Days" was called "racist and disrespectful" by the San Francisco Arts Commission, which voted unanimously for its removal earlier this month.
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A Super-White Coating Based on a Beetle’s Scales Could Transform Paint
Developed from cellulose, it is remarkably thin and lightweight, and scatters light extremely well to achieve an incredibly bright white.
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Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art Is the First Museum Certified by W.A.G.E.
Many nonprofit and artist-run spaces have earned Working Artists and the Greater Economy's stamp of approval since it launched its certification process in 2014, but the ICA is the first museum to do so.
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Trump Signs Bill Boosting the NEA and NEH Budgets He Wanted to Eliminate
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities will each receive about $153 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2018, around $3 million more than in 2017.
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Anti-Trump Mural Sparks ACLU Lawsuit and Public Art Dispute in New Orleans
Shortly after putting up a mural on his private property last year, Neal Morris received a letter from the city demanding its immediate removal and threatening jail time.
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Pink Posters Designed by Jeremy Deller Explain How Users Can Unfriend Facebook
"Click 'Delete My Account.' It's below the warning message in the middle of the page. Clicking it invokes a pop-up window."
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Researcher Makes Controversial Allegation of Archaeological Fraud at Renowned Turkish Site
Eberhard Zangger alleges that the prominent British archaeologist James Mellaart forged artifacts. The accusations are difficult to evaluate.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: police raided homes in Belgium in connection with a collection of suspected forgeries, Shenzhen Biennale co-curator Gary Xu was fired following accusations of sexual assault and harassment, and Michelle Obama's official portrait was relocated due to overcrowding.