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This week in art news: "Salvator Mundi" became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, the final missing piece of Magritte's "The Enchanted Pose" was discovered, and Walmart removed posters from its wall art collection after the images were identified as photographs documenting the detention o

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Kickstarter Launches Drip, a Service for Subscribing to Artists’ Projects

Drip invites artists to create webpages that visitors can subscribe to, having exclusive access to certain projects, or whatever else the artist decides to make available to them.

The main building of the Memphis College of Art (all photos courtesy Memphis College of Art)

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After 81 Years, Memphis College of Art Will Shutter Due to Debt and Falling Enrollment

While many remain optimistic that the school could remain open, it would take a miraculous $30 million endowment donation to make this possible.

Marina Abramović describing her "Slow Motion Walk" technique inside what was to be the Marina Abramović Institute in Hudson,

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What Happened to the $2.2M Marina Abramović Raised to Build Her Institute?

This project joins thousands of other follies of contemporary art.

Protesters opposing Sotheby's planned sale of works from the Berkshire Museum collection

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Opponents of Berkshire Museum Sales Protest Sotheby's

After a judge halted the sale of works from the museum’s collection, nearly a dozen protesters gathered in front of Sotheby’s to demand the return of the deaccessioned pieces.

The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (photo courtesy Berkshire Museum, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Last-Minute Appeal Tries to Halt Berkshire Museum Art Auction [UPDATED]

On Friday, the AG's office filed an appeal seeking a last-minute injunction to stop Monday's auction of works from the Berkshire Museum collection at Sotheby's.

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This week in art news: Benjamin Genocchio was ousted as executive director of the Armory Show after the New York Times investigated sexual harassment claims, a judge approved the Berkshire Museum's sale of works from its collection, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated.

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Jury Sides with 5Pointz Artists in Lawsuit Over Destroyed Graffiti

If the judge in the case follows suit, the verdict could set a remarkable precedent for the protection of graffiti and street art under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

Cultural Panel X of Thomas Hart Benton's "A Social History of Indiana" (1933), “Parks, the Circus, the Klan, the Press” (phot

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Petition to Remove University Mural Depicting KKK Rally Sparks Controversy

A panel from Thomas Hart Benton's epic mural "A Social History of Indiana" (1933) regularly becomes the target of removal campaigns.

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Cuban Police Detain Artist Planning Alternative Havana Biennial [UPDATED]

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was arrested on Monday and accused of "illicit possession of construction materials."

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Artist Charged with Public Offense to Religion in Italy Over Image of Aroused Jesus

Anonymous artist Hogre has been charged under an archaic Italian law that punishes a public offense to religion with a fine of up to 5,000 Euros or a prison sentence of up to two years.

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Judge Green-Lights Berkshire Museum’s Sale of Most Valuable Works in Collection

Today, Berkshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini ruled that the museum could auction off many of the most valuable works in its collection.