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"Last Time I Looked, Discomfort Was Not a Major Offense": Chuck Close Addresses Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Close explained his behavior after several women accused him of sexual misconduct during visits to his studio.
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Richard Avedon Foundation Demands New Avedon Biography Be Pulled [UPDATED]
According to the photographer's foundation, the newly released biography Avedon: Something Personal, "is filled with countless inaccuracies."
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Baltimore’s Roving Art Org, The Contemporary, Suspends Operations Indefinitely
After failing to find a new executive director, the organization's board decided to go on hiatus.
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The Wellcome Collection Acquires a Dignified Portrait of a 17th-Century Bearded Woman
The Wellcome Collection in London acquired a 17th-century oil painting of Barbara van Beck, who had a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair growth on her body.
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Jewish Museum Terminates Jens Hoffmann Following Sexual Harassment Investigation [UPDATED]
After investigating sexual harassment allegations recently brought forth by staff members, the Jewish Museum announced today that it has ended its relationship with Hoffmann.
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Beijing's Campaign to Level "Illegal Structures" Displaces Migrants, Threatens Artists
The municipal government is carrying out mass evictions as it prepares to level some 430 million square feet of illegal housing.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: 28 rock art sites were discovered on a small Indonesian island, Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on cinemas, and the Museum of London announced plans to display the notorious "fatberg."
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Artists Affiliated with Documenta Speak Out Against the Exhibition Becoming a “Commercial Enterprise”
Artists Hans Haacke, Sanja Ivekovic, Walid Raad, Annette Messager, and many other have been vocal about their objections to changes at the world's foremost art quinquennial.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Gives $12.8M in Grants to 253 Projects
From environmental monitoring equipment for Frank Lloyd Wright homes to an overhaul of an online database of archaeological artifacts related to slavery, the grants span a huge range of projects.
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An Artist-Run Salvator Mundi Shop Offers T-Shirts, Dog Sweaters, and More
Real Salvator Mundi has all the Leonardo merchandise you might want and much, much more.
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Louvre Abu Dhabi Claims They Own Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" [UPDATE 2]
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is now claiming it owns the world's most expensive artwork.
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This week in art news: wildfires forced the Getty Center and Skirball Cultural Center to close, the buyer of Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" was revealed, and President Trump drastically reduced the size of two US National Monuments.