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Artists and Loft Tenants Protest New York City's Department of Buildings
On Friday afternoon, politicians and loft tenants rallied near City Hall to demand that Mayor de Blasio overhaul the city's Loft Board.
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This week in art news: Gillian Wearing unveiled her statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett, the Smithsonian deployed robot docents at six of its museums, and the United Arab Emirates donated $50 million toward rebuilding Mosul.
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2018 Turner Prize Shortlist Spotlights Moving Image Artists
Among this year's nominees are a 30-year-old artist from New Zealand and a London-based collective that analyzes the architecture and urban design of conflict areas.
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Remembering Photographer Laura Aguilar’s Empathetic, Queer Art
Aguilar, the photographer who captured people's bodies with genuine empathy, died yesterday at the age of 59.
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With Smithsonian's Blessing, Humanoid Robots Invade Our Museums
The Smithsonian is the first museum complex to integrate the interactive androids.
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Never-Seen-Before James Castle Drawings Found Inside the Walls of Artist's House
The James Castle House will open to the public, free of charge, this Saturday, April 28, and in the process of renovating the complex there have been some unexpected discoveries.
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Ethiopia Calls on London Museum to Repatriate Objects Looted 150 Years Ago [UPDATED]
The call, by Ethiopia's ambassador for the UK, followed a suggestion earlier this month by the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum that the objects could be given on long-term loan.
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A Braille-Based Typeface Readable by Both Touch and Sight
A new typeface updates the nearly 200 century-old system by superimposing raised dots onto carefully configured letterforms, allowing it to be understood by both sight and touch.
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Demonstrators Splash Red Paint Inside LA Gallery in Apparent Protest of Gentrification
The incident on Saturday was not the first time Dalton Warehouse has been a target.
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After Artists Reveal Pattern of Nonpayment, Los Angeles CB1 Gallery Will Close
Artists who have shown with the gallery expressed mix reactions to the announcement.
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MoMA Sues New Café and Gallery "MoMaCha" for Trademark Violation
The Museum of Modern Art's complaint claims the actions of a Lower East Side café and gallery will cause "harm to its name, reputation, and goodwill."
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a collector sued Jeff Koons and Gagosian for failing to deliver three sculptures, a gold reliquary containing the heart of Anne of Brittany was stolen from a French museum, and the Royal College of Music recorded a piece of music featured in "The Paston Treasure."