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A Typeface Transforms the Alphabet in the Style of Famous Artworks
In this artful alphabet by the Madrid-based design studio CESS, "V" is for van Gogh and "F" is for Frida.
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A Rare Collection of 19th-Century Photographs of Native Americans Goes Online
Digitized by the American Antiquarian Society, the 225 vintage images were intended for non-Native audiences and were reproduced in government reports, illustrated newspapers or mounted on stereo cards.
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An LA Art Space, with Roots in ‘70s Chicano Movement, Now Has a Permanent Home
Founded in 1973 in the East Los Angeles garage of a Franciscan nun and printmaker, Self Help Graphics & Art has finally purchased a permanent space in Boyle Heights.
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French Authorities Move to Evict Decade-Old Commune, Tearing Down Unique Structures
The Zone à Défendre sprang up in the late 2000s in opposition to construction of a new airport in western France; now that project has been abandoned and authorities want to evict hundreds of occupiers.
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Hollywood Producer Sues Gagosian for Failing to Deliver $8M Koons Sculpture
Hollywood producer Joel Silver says the gallery refused to return the $3.2 million he paid for a Koons sculpture, whose completion date has been pushed back more than three years.
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Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization Commission
Over 60 protesters from 20 community groups rallied at the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden demanding the beloved institutions play a role in safeguarding their local communities.
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Rampant Social Inequalities Persist in the Arts According to New UK Study
The study reveals that the black and minority ethnic people comprise only 2.7% of the museum, gallery, and library workforce in the UK.
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Artists and Loft Tenants Protest New York City's Department of Buildings
On Friday afternoon, politicians and loft tenants rallied near City Hall to demand that Mayor de Blasio overhaul the city's Loft Board.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Gillian Wearing unveiled her statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett, the Smithsonian deployed robot docents at six of its museums, and the United Arab Emirates donated $50 million toward rebuilding Mosul.
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2018 Turner Prize Shortlist Spotlights Moving Image Artists
Among this year's nominees are a 30-year-old artist from New Zealand and a London-based collective that analyzes the architecture and urban design of conflict areas.
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Remembering Photographer Laura Aguilar’s Empathetic, Queer Art
Aguilar, the photographer who captured people's bodies with genuine empathy, died yesterday at the age of 59.
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With Smithsonian's Blessing, Humanoid Robots Invade Our Museums
The Smithsonian is the first museum complex to integrate the interactive androids.