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Russian Authorities Order the Destruction of a Digital Artwork
Activists in Russia are protesting the recent order by Russian authorities to destroy a digital print by the art collective Rodina.
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Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Writer for Posting a Poem on Social Media
The poem, titled “Resist, my people, resist them,” landed the poet in trouble with Israeli authorities.
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Protesters Stage Intervention at Whitney’s Wojnarowicz Exhibition to Highlight the Enduring HIV/AIDS Crisis
A dozen protesters gathered at the Whitney Museum of Art to condemn the institution's lack of modern context about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in relation to Wojnarowicz's artwork.
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Actor and Collector Cheech Marin Receives $9.7 Million Grant for His Chicano Art Center
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry receives a $9.7 million state-funded grant, despite controversy and dissent from a local politician.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Native American female artists receive long overdue recognition, New York Supreme Court judge orders stolen ancient art to be returned to Iran, and philanthropist behind “Anonymous Was a Woman” is revealed.
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Six de Koonings Found in a Storage Unit, and 355 Works Worth $480M Donated to Hong Kong Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art receives a $1.5 million gift for Chinese painting conservation, and the Worcester Art Museum acquires four new works.
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Artist’s ‘Stomp Out I.C.E.’ Enamel Pins Hope to Raise Awareness About Immigrant Detentions
The artist has set up a Kickstarter to find backers for the wearable art and raise funds for immigrants targeted by I.C.E.
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After London Design Museum Hosts Arms Industry Event, Artists Demand Their Work Be Removed
30 artists and contributors have signed the statement condemning the museum's decision to host an airshow organized by arms-dealing company Leonardo.
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Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N. Sackler Protest the Opioid Crisis at Harvard's Sackler Museum
The photographer, along with health activists and Harvard medical students, organized a die-in in the atrium outside the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge, MA.
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Flag Art Is Censored at Kansas University, Warhol Foundation Weighs In [UPDATE 2]
Josephine Meckseper's flag was created precisely to comment on the vast canyon of political division in the United States, but it may soon split the state of Kansas across party lines.
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Two Hip-Hop Personalities, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and Free Richardson, Open South Bronx Gallery
The hip-hop trailblazers intend The Compound as a space to curate a cross-culture between art, music, fashion, entertainment, and more.
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New Yorkers Booked 9,500 Free Museum Tickets in Four Days, New Passes Arrive August 1
In the four days since it launched, the new Culture Pass NYC program helped New Yorkers book over 9,500 reservations for 33 museums and cultural institutions across the five boroughs.