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The Story Behind This Year’s Winter Olympics Medal Design
This year's Olympic medal design takes its inspiration from the Korean alphabet, as well as from traditional clothing and architecture.
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Spain's Leading Art Fair Removes Santiago Sierra Work Featuring "Political Prisoners" [UPDATED]
The work features 24 photo portraits of people who have recently been imprisoned in Spain.
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Theft of Terracotta Warrior Thumb Provokes Fierce Response from China
An unnamed Chinese official wants the perpetrator to be punished — and says the museum should pay for failing to protect priceless artifacts.
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Controversial Outfit Cut from Fashion Show After Accusations of Cultural Appropriation
In Juneau, Alaska, a vaguely Japanese-inspired outfit — featuring silks, dragon scales, and a model in geisha make-up — sparked controversy.
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Help Build a Database of Ancient Graffiti from Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Ancient Graffiti Project is now fundraising to conduct fieldwork of graffiti at Herculaneum this summer.
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Berkshire Museum Resolves Dispute with Norman Rockwell's Sons, But Legal Battle Rages On
Museum leaders and the Massachusetts Attorney General reached an agreement to keep Norman Rockwell's “Shuffleton’s Barbershop” on public display, but opponents of the sale are petitioning the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Revamps Hirshhorn Museum Lobby, Includes a 700-year-old Nutmeg Tree
Sugimoto's Hirshhorn design is the latest to transform the Smithsonian museum on the National Mall.
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Artist Says Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther Music Video Uses Her Paintings Without Permission
For now, all that artist Lina Iris Viktor wants is an official apology.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the Hirshhorn Museum postponed a projection by Krzysztof Wodiczko in the wake of Douglas High School shooting, President Trump proposed eliminating the NEA and NEH (again), and Robert Indiana's repainted "LOVE" returned to Philadelphia.
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FBI Points Finger at Thief of Terracotta Soldier's Thumb
An intruder in a green sweater "appeared to break something off from the Cavalryman’s left hand and put it in his left front pocket.”
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After Florida Shooting, Hirshhorn Museum Calls Off Art Projection Featuring Giant Gun [UPDATED]
The projection, by artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Queens Museum Releases Report Making Extraordinary Allegations Against Former Director
The results of an independent investigation into last years controversy pins much of the blame on the museum's former director and former deputy director.