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Iranian Gallery Drops Out of AIPAD Photo Fair Over Trump’s Travel Ban
The Tehran-based Ag Galerie had planned to show Bahman Jalali's arresting photographs documenting the Iran–Iraq war in the 1980s.
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575,000 Images by Civil Rights Photographer Bob Adelman Go to Library of Congress
The institution has acquired a massive archive of Adelman's work, including his 1960s photographs of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: artists and protesters demanded the removal of a Dana Schutz painting from the Whitney Biennial, an artist received death threats for her anti-Trump billboard, and a man attacked a Thomas Gainsborough painting at the National Gallery in London.
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In Fake Letter, “Dana Schutz” Demands Removal of Controversial Painting from Whitney Biennial
This morning, several outlets published an open letter purportedly written by artist Dana Schutz and demanding that her painting "Open Casket" be removed from the Whitney Biennial.
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Getty Acquires Concrete Poetry by Two Modern Pioneers of the Form
Works by Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos have joined the Getty's collection and will go on view in an exhibition opening next week.
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Protesters Block, Demand Removal of a Painting of Emmett Till at the Whitney Biennial
Artists are calling for the removal of Dana Schutz's painting "Open Casket" from the 2017 Whitney Biennial, while others want more drastic action.
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Protesting the President with a “Trumpy the Rat” Inflatable
BravinLee is raising $10,000 on Kickstarter to design a giant, inflatable rat made to look like Donald Trump.
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At the World Trade Center, a Familiar Tale of a Developer Exploiting Artists
Since last summer, artists have been invited to create works for free on the 69th floor of Four World Trade Center, a raw space that was recently leased to Spotify.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: President Trump proposed to eliminate the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, a London gallery was evicted over its far-right agenda, and artist Zwelethu Mthethwa was convicted of murder.
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Artist Zwelethu Mthethwa Convicted of Murder [UPDATED]
The artist, who has been on trial for the murder of a sex worker named Nokuphila Kumalo for nearly four years, will be sentenced on March 29.
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Art Jameel Unveils Plans for Complex in Dubai, Launches Acquisition Fund for Metropolitan Museum
A new arts complex in Dubai may suggest a new direction for contemporary art in the UAE.
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Utah Moves to Make “Spiral Jetty” and Indigenous Rock Art Official State Artworks [UPDATED]
If Governor Gary Herbert signs the two bills passed by the state legislature, Utah would become the first state to establish official works of art.