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San Francisco Is Counting Its Artists to Address the Problem of Gentrification
In spite of rapidly rising rent prices, San Francisco is second only to New York among US cities with large concentrations of artists.
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Obamas Open Up About Their Newly Unveiled Official Portraits
At the unveiling this morning, Michelle Obama spoke about her "instant connection" with Amy Sherald, while Barack Obama said he asked Kehinde Wiley "to bring it down just a touch.”
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Judge Rules Developer Must Pay 5Pointz Graffiti Artists $6.7M [UPDATED]
In 2013, a real estate developer whitewashed a beloved stretch of street art. Now he will have to pay damages to 21 artists, a federal judge has ruled.
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The Earliest Photos of the Frick, Taken When It Was Still a Private Residence
A newly digitized album of images shot by Ira W. Martin in 1927 captures the Frick mansion before it was transformed into a museum.
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Artforum Posts Statement After Boycott Letter, and Amanda Schmitt's Attorneys Respond [UPDATED]
Artforum released a statement distancing itself from former publisher Knight Landesman. Attorneys for former employee Amanda Schmitt responded.
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Art Worker Salary Survey Aims to Understand the Gender Pay Gap
"This survey is not just for women. And not just for employees."
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Art Movements
This week in art news: We Are Not Surprised (WANS) called for a boycott of Artforum, San Francisco launched a census to determine the impact of rising rents on artists and arts professionals, and the UK's Royal Collection announced a series of nationwide exhibitions dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci's
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157 New Emoji, From Lettuce to Llamas, Will Soon Diversify the Visual Lexicon
Your emoji keyboard is about to get even more crowded.
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Prominent Artists and Art Workers Demand Artforum Boycott to Avoid Lining the "Pockets of an Abuser"
The feminist art collective We Are Not Surprised calls on the magazine to sever all ties with former publisher Knight Landesman, who stands accused of sexual harassment by numerous women.
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New Picasso Museum Will Boast World’s Largest Collection of His Works
The Jacqueline and Pablo Picasso Museum will feature a collection of more than 2,000 works inherited by the artist's stepdaughter.
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See the Finalists for the National Mall's First Memorial to Native American Veterans
Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian shared five potential concepts for the permanent monument in Washington, DC.
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Artists and Arts Workers Call on Institutions to Reject Calling Trump’s Border Wall Art [UPDATED]
Twenty-five artists and cultural workers have signed an open letter blasting art institutions' support of a project to have the prototypes for Trump's border wall designated as a national monument.