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225-Year-Old Columbus Monument in Baltimore Attacked with Sledgehammer
Video footage showing someone taking a sledgehammer to the memorial's base was posted on Popular Resistance's YouTube channel this morning.
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Queens Museum Cancels, Then Reinstates Israel-Sponsored Event After Accusations of Antisemitism
Fallout from the cancellation and reinstating of the event, organized by Israel's ambassador to the UN, raises concerns about how museums might do business in light of recent anti-BDS legislation.
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Senator Cory Booker Will Introduce Bill to Remove Confederate Statues from US Capitol
A major focus of the legislation will be to remove sculptures of Confederate figures from National Statuary Hall.
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Members of President’s Arts Committee Resign en Masse in Protest of Trump [UPDATED]
All 17 private members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities published a letter condemning Trump's "hateful rhetoric" after Charlottesville.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: cities across the US examined their holdings of Confederate monuments, "Trumpy the Rat" made its debut, and a de Kooning stolen in 1985 was recovered.
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After Trump Calls Confederate Monuments “Beautiful,” Twitter Responds with Memes
The responses to this drivel came swiftly on Twitter, with people pointing out all the beautiful works of public art that have popped up this year alone, including guerrilla sculptures of a nude Trump.
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B&H Photo Will Pay $3.2M to Settle Department of Labor Lawsuit
The Department's February 2016 suit outlined 15 violations, from discriminatory hiring practices to racially segregated bathrooms, at B&H Photo's warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court
In 2014, the renowned street artist created a mural in Williamsburg that was very similar to a record cover he designed for Interpol. The resulting legal dispute recently spawned its third appeal.
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Charting the Proliferation of Confederate Symbols Alongside Social Movements
A chart by the Southern Poverty Law Center cataloguing Confederate symbols around the country recently resurfaced.
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Baltimore Removes All Its Confederate Monuments in Dark Hours of Wednesday Morning
After a unanimous resolution by Baltimore's City Council to remove the Confederate monuments, they were swiftly taken away by city workers overnight.
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Thousands of Protesters and an Inflatable Rat Welcome President Trump Back to NYC
Last night outside Trump Tower, Jeffrey Beebe’s inflatable sculpture Trumpy the Rat made its debut and thousands of New Yorkers gathered to protest the president during his first visit home since taking office.
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After Another Artists’ Enclave in Williamsburg Is Sold, Tenants Live in Uncertainty
475 Kent's charmingly ramshackle conditions fostered a close-knit community of artists — until they were notified that the building had been sold.