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NBA Star Dwyane Wade’s Artistic Tribute to the 17 Students and Teachers Killed in Parkland
"They refuse to be victims and are demanding that their voices be heard. I wanted to create a space where everyone’s voice could be heard.”
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How Smell Tests Can Help Museums Conserve Art and Artifacts
UK chemists even followed their noses to the Tate, where they tested three decades-old plastic sculptures.
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Protesters at Metropolitan Museum Chant “Shame on Sackler,” Targeting Donors Who Profited from Opioid Crisis [UPDATED]
On Saturday, members of the group PAIN Sackler and other organizations gathered at the Temple of Dendur to decry the Metropolitan Museum's association with the Sackler family's painkiller fortune.
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David Adjaye Designs a New National Cathedral for Ghana
Drawing inspiration from Christian symbolism and Ghanaian culture, Adjaye's new cathedral will serve as a venue for both religious and secular gatherings, including state-sponsored celebrations.
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Women Art Workers in Argentina Demand Gender Equality, and Museums Start to Listen
Women in the arts across Argentina are protesting as an organized entity, through the group Nosotras Proponemos, demanding gender parity in the art world.
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Toymaker Omits Frida Kahlo’s Iconic Unibrow in New Barbie Doll
While the Frida Kahlo Corporation sanctioned the doll, the artist's great-niece isn't happy with the appearance of the toy.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Iran's National Museum opened an exhibition of works from the Louvre, activists planted satirical merchandise in the American Museum of Natural History, and the MFA Boston revised its wall labels to address sexual abuse allegations leveled against Egon Schiele.
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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.