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US Arts Nonprofits Generated $166.3 Billion in Spending in 2015, Report Shows
A new report shows how the nonprofit culture sector stimulates the economy both locally and nationally.
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BP Sponsorship Violates UK National Portrait Gallery's Ethics Policy, Report Claims
Culture Unstained is calling on the museum to cut ties with BP because of its connections to foreign regimes that violate human rights.
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Artists Protest Sexual Violence and David Choe’s Bowery Mural
On Sunday afternoon, 18 artists gathered in front of David Choe's mural, which was recently painted over, to protest rape culture in light of the street artist's own history.
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At British Museum Protest, Australian Aboriginal Activist Demands Repatriation of Ancestor’s Shield
On Sunday, with help from the theatrical protest group BP Or Not BP?, Rodney Kelly appealed to the public for the return of the Gweagal shield.
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This week in art news: the artist Khadija Saye went missing in the Grenfell Tower fire in London, two teens were rescued after spending three days in the Paris catacombs, and a previously unknown Jackson Pollock was found in an Arizona attic.
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Artists Stage Protest Performances in Trump Tower
Some two dozen performers took over the building's public garden on June 14 to protest President Trump's plan to eliminate the NEA.
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Artist Khadija Saye Dies in Massive Fire in London Apartment Building [UPDATED]
The artist, who lived with her mother on the 20th floor of the 24-story building, was last heard from at 3am this morning.
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118-Year-Old Painting of a Dead Bird Discovered in a Hut in Antarctica
For over a century, a small watercolor of a bird was forgotten in an Antarctic hut under penguin poop and moldy paper.
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With 7.5 Million Visitors, National Museum of China Beat Louvre as 2016's Most Popular Museum
Almost 108 million people visited museums around the world last year, according to a new report.
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David Choe’s Controversial Bowery Mural Tagged with Giant Letters [UPDATED]
The graffiti crew Big Time Mafia has scrawled its initials across Choe's controversial Lower East Side mural, completed less than a week ago.
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Students Fight Proposed Cuts to the Humanities at SUNY Stony Brook
To mitigate an anticipated budget shortfall of $1.5 million, Stony Brook University has slated multiple humanities programs for consolidation, including suspending admission of new majors to the Theatre Arts department.
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This week in art news: two men were charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, Dakota Nation members suspended plans to burn Sam Durant's "Scaffold," and the Rijksmuseum's 10-millionth visitor spent the night under Rembrandt's "The Night Watch."