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Tate Artist-in-Residence Quits Over Director’s Response to Art World Sexual Harassment
Liv Wynter resigned yesterday in a lengthy letter that calls out the institutions's failure to support marginalized identities.
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Designers Float Fantastical Visions of New York’s Park Avenue
What would you do to make the medians on Park Avenue more interesting? 150 entries imagined the possibilities, and 17 finalists were selected.
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US Lawmakers Push for Statue of Shirley Chisholm, the First Black Woman Elected to Congress
The latest on a bill that would commission a statue of the pioneering politician — and a few artists who could rise to the task of creating it.
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Someone Yarn-Bombed a Guggenheim Museum Toilet with Gold Crochet
The guerrilla intervention was in place for two hours during the museum's pay-what-you-wish period on Saturday.
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San Francisco Will Remove Statue of White Settlers Towering Over a Native American [UPDATED]
Yesterday, the San Francisco Arts Commission voted unanimously to take down "Early Days," which stands near City Hall.
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The Arts Contributed a Staggering $763 Billion to US Economy, According to New Data
That's 4.2% of the US economy — more than the entire GDP of Switzerland.
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Artist Who Created Pepe the Frog Sues InfoWars for Copyright Infringement
The meme created by artist Matt Furie in 2005 has turned into a fascist symbol and is now on sale on the right-wing website's online store.
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Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers
The National Gallery of Victoria will no longer work with Wilson Security, though it claims recent protests and petitions did not drive the decision.
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World’s Oldest Figural Tattoos Found on Two Ancient Egyptian Mummies
The 5,000-year-old mummies, which have been at the British Museum, have tattoos of a wild bull, sheep, and alphabet-like motifs.
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Giant Monet Painting Discovered in Louvre Storage and Returned to Japan
Missing for almost 60 years, the painting was found severely damaged in a Louvre storage facility.
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The Rediscovery of Picasso's Designs for a 100-Foot-Tall Bust in Florida
Pablo Picasso's "Bust of a Woman" was once slated to appear on the campus of a Tampa-area university, and it would've been the world's tallest concrete sculpture.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a mafia member revealed new information about a stolen Caravaggio, the Metropolitan Museum implemented mandatory admission for non-New Yorkers, and a painting newly attributed to Dalí went on view.