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Our Incomplete List of Cultural Institutions and Initiatives Funded by the Sackler Family
The secretive family whose pharmaceutical company hid the addictive effects of OxyContin also funds dozens of museums and universities.
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Sludge, Rat Infestation, and Other Renovation Hazards Reported at Corcoran School of Arts and Design
Students and faculty at the art school complain of headaches, catcalls, and rats and roaches in hallways and classrooms.
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Billionaire Loans $110M Basquiat to the Brooklyn Museum
The painting will feature in the museum's One Basquiat exhibition, January 26–March 11.
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Cisneros Collection Donates Works by 91 Contemporary Latin American Artists to Six Museums
In New York, 90 works are going to MoMA, with the Bronx Museum getting 12.
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A Massive Larry Rivers Mural Is Restored
The 75-foot-long mural now gleams in a Philadelphia station, having undergone its first-ever restoration.
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University Museum Plans to Sell Works by Ingres, Degas, and More at Christie’s
La Salle University in Philadelphia has deaccessioned works from its Art Museum collection in hopes of raising $5 million at auction.
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Kynaston McShine, Curator of Primary Structures, Information, and More, Dies [UPDATED]
McShine, the former Curator at Large of the Museum of Modern Art and Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Jewish Museum, died at 82.
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New Rules Would Dramatically Limit Books In New York State Prisons
Under a new policy, prisoner access to books, warm clothing, and healthy food (among other things) will be severely restricted.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: jewelry belonging to Qatar's royal family was stolen from an exhibition at the Doge's Palace in Venice, the Metropolitan Museum announced it will start charging mandatory admission, and the La Salle University Art Museum deaccessioned 46 it plans to sell through Christie's.
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NYPD’s Special Victims Squad Investigates Terry Richardson
Numerous sexual misconduct allegations have been made against the photographer since the early 2000s.
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Metropolitan Museum Will Charge Mandatory Admission to Non-New Yorkers
The museum's president announced that as of March 1, visitors from outside of New York State will be charged a mandatory admission, but will make tickets valid for three days.
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Thomas Roma, Photographer and Columbia University Professor, Accused of Sexual Misconduct [UPDATED]
The accusations against Roma, a documentary photographer who is also the director of the photography program at Columbia University's School of the Arts, were all made by former students.