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Forum at Cal State Long Beach Provides Few Answers on Museum Director’s Firing
In an attempt to provide some clarity, the university held a question-and-answer session for students and faculty earlier this week.
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Hirshhorn Museum Acquires Ai Weiwei Installation, and Getty Acquires Betye Saar Archive
Plus, an Albert Giacometti sculpture sells at auction, and Sotheby's cancels their sale of the Count and Countess Viel Castel collection after an unnamed American buys the entire collection.
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New Evidence Suggests a Double-Homicide Propelled Thomas Gainsborough Toward Art
Two members of Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child. Without their deaths, it's possible that he may never have had the chance to study painting.
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Louisiana Supreme Court Ends Rule Banning the Outdoor Sale of Art in New Orleans
A city law effectively banned the outdoor sale of art outside the French Quarter, but one artist has helped to set a new precedent with his win against the code on First Amendment grounds.
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Edmonton Unveils an Indigenous Sculpture Park on Ancestral Lands
Candice Hopkins curated the sculptures by six Canadian Indigenous artists in Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley.
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Researcher Discovers the True Identity of Courbet's "Origin of the World" Model
Experts are now "99 percent" certain that the genitalia featured in Courbet's painting belongs to the ballet dancer Constance Quéniaux.
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Marina Abramović Assaulted by Man Who Says He Did It for Art’s Sake
Abramović was leaving a book-signing event when her assailant approached with a self-made portrait of the performance artist, suddenly smashing it over her head.
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Los Angeles Gallery Takes Down One of Two Exhibitions After Anti-Gentrification Protest [UPDATED]
After artists featured in a Chimento Contemporary exhibition engaged with protesters outside, their show was pressured to shut down.
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17 Years Later, 9/11 Memorial at Pennsylvania Crash Site Is Completed
From its earliest stages, the memorial site has been plagued with islamophobic conspiracy theories about its design. "The Tower of Voices" is no different.
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Ai Weiwei returns to the United States, Salvator Mundi's origins are revealed, and Chinese antiquities evade Trump's tariffs.
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Stanford Acquires Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpture, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Acquires Medieval Art
Plus, a Paul Rand photogram sells at auction, and Christie's and Sotheby's sell a number of Chinese and Southeast Asian works and artifacts.
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1,400 US Museums to Offer Free Admission on September 22
The 14th annual Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian, will celebrate “Women Making History” in 2018.