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New York Releases New Cultural Plan, Predicates Funding on Diversity
When Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the plan on Wednesday, he made clear that cultural institutions will need to diversify their staff and programming if they want funding.
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Victims of a Jerusalem Bombing Want to Seize Artifacts from a Chicago Museum as Damages
The Supreme Court will decide whether the victims of the 1997 bombing can seize artifacts from the Oriental Institute that belong to Iran, which supported the terrorist organization responsible for the attack.
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This week in art news: Artworks attributed to Modigliani were confiscated after being deemed fake, Spanish police recovered three stolen Francis Bacon paintings, and researchers claimed to detect particles indicative of torture on the Turin Shroud.
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In Long Overdue but Welcome Step, Britain Will Eliminate Ads that Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes
The Advertising Standards Authority in Great Britain is calling for the creation of new standards when it comes to ads that feature harmful gender stereotypes.
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A 19th-Century Archaeologist's Collection of Images of Rome Goes Online
Nearly 4,000 records from Rodolfo Lanciani's personal archive are searchable through a new online database.
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Scientists Encode Living DNA with Muybridge’s Galloping Horse Film
Harvard scientists successfully recorded five frames of Eadweard Muybridge's 1887 galloping horse on living bacteria, and retrieved the images in sequence.
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Apple Unveils 12 of 69 New Emoji, from a Zombie to a Genie 🙃
Soon you’ll be able to text your bearded male friend about zombies launching coconuts from the backs of mermaids!
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Protesters Call for Boycott of B&H Photo After Company Ignores Workers' Demands
After B&H Photo refused to reconsider its decision to move operations at two Brooklyn warehouses to New Jersey, protesters are demanding a boycott of the company.
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A Call to Save a Floating Performance Space by Louis Kahn [UPDATED]
A 50-year-old floating performance space designed by architect Louis Kahn may be sent to a Louisiana shipyard for scrap at the end of this year's tour.
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Sam Durant Speaks About the Aftermath of His Controversial Minneapolis Sculpture
At Mexico City's SOMA headquarters, Sam Durant reflected on his "Scaffold" sculpture and how there's an enormous disparity between the art world and everyday life in the United States.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: A federal judge ordered $81 million be paid to victims of the Knoedler Gallery art forgery, an art investigator believes the work stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is in Ireland, and an unpublished book by Maurice Sendak was discovered.
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Posing for Photo, Gallery Visitor Topples Row of Pedestals Like Dominos [UPDATED]
In an LA exhibition by artist Simon Birch, a visitor lost her balance and damaged $200,000 worth of art.