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Six de Koonings Found in a Storage Unit, and 355 Works Worth $480M Donated to Hong Kong Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art receives a $1.5 million gift for Chinese painting conservation, and the Worcester Art Museum acquires four new works.

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Artist’s ‘Stomp Out I.C.E.’ Enamel Pins Hope to Raise Awareness About Immigrant Detentions

The artist has set up a Kickstarter to find backers for the wearable art and raise funds for immigrants targeted by I.C.E.

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After London Design Museum Hosts Arms Industry Event, Artists Demand Their Work Be Removed

30 artists and contributors have signed the statement condemning the museum's decision to host an airshow organized by arms-dealing company Leonardo.

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Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N. Sackler Protest the Opioid Crisis at Harvard's Sackler Museum

The photographer, along with health activists and Harvard medical students, organized a die-in in the atrium outside the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge, MA.

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Flag Art Is Censored at Kansas University, Warhol Foundation Weighs In [UPDATE 2]

Josephine Meckseper's flag was created precisely to comment on the vast canyon of political division in the United States, but it may soon split the state of Kansas across party lines.

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Two Hip-Hop Personalities, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and Free Richardson, Open South Bronx Gallery

The hip-hop trailblazers intend The Compound as a space to curate a cross-culture between art, music, fashion, entertainment, and more.

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New Yorkers Booked 9,500 Free Museum Tickets in Four Days, New Passes Arrive August 1

In the four days since it launched, the new Culture Pass NYC program helped New Yorkers book over 9,500 reservations for 33 museums and cultural institutions across the five boroughs.

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Art Movements

This week in art news: Never-before-seen artwork by Nelson Mandela released, Beyoncé and Jay-Z file a request to film at the Colosseum, and Wes Anderson is now a curator.

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Al Qassemi Settles Lawsuit with Sotheby’s and Waterhouse’s “The Siren” Sells for Nearly $5 million

A Sir Quentin Blake retrospective auction celebrates the author’s prolific career as an illustrator and a 19th Century European and Orientalist Art auction fetches over $3 million at Christie’s in London.

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A Museum Is Already Planned at Thai Cave Where 12 Boys were Rescued

Less than a day after rescuing trapped schoolboys and their coach from a flooded cave, Thai officials have plans to turn the whole ordeal into a museum to boost tourism in the region.

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This week in art news: Curator Nikki Columbus has filed a discrimination complaint against MoMA PS1, artists lose a class action lawsuit against auction houses, and the University of Kansas takes down an altered flag that was part of an art project.

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Colby College Acquires Jackson Pollock Painting, and Getty Purchases 13th-Century Rothschild Pentateuch

Plus the National Gallery in London acquired a rare painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, and the Lazinc Gallery sells three Banksy pieces.