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Millions of Objects at 14 Art Institutions to Be Digitized for Online Database
They are expecting to digitize seven million images by 2020.
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The Guggenheim Restores Its First Web Art Commission
"Brandon" was completed in 1999, and it is based on the rape and murder of 21-year-old trans man Brandon Teena in Humboldt, Nebraska.
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On Museum Day, Institutions Encourage Visitors to Be Activists for the Arts
On May 18, museums across the county will offer free or discounted admission, and many will also put out postcards for writing to elected officials.
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Letters Between Dante Gabriel Rossetti and His Model Fanny Cornforth Are Now Online
The Delaware Art Museum has digitized correspondence between the Pre-Raphaelite painter and his overlooked muse.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the Met files to charge out-of-state visitors, a new Banksy mural comments on Brexit, the Tiananmen Square Museum will reopen, and Pepe the Frog gets laid to rest.
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Guerrilla Golden Toilets Across the US Invite You to "Take a Trump!"
An anonymous collective called the Art Finksters dropped the loos — which are emblazoned with an image of a pig wearing a crown — on the president's 100th day in office.
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Occupy Museums Hosts a Faux Graduation Ceremony at the Whitney Museum
Last Friday, Occupy Museums held a "counter-commencement" at the Whitney Museum of American Art that called attention to student debt and “speculative investment in art and culture.”
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Jersey City Residents Decry Offensive Murals Commissioned by the City [UPDATED]
A new petition demands a proper vetting process for murals and claims a number of them have failed to properly engage with the local history and community.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: French cultural groups rallied against Marine Le Pen, Delhi’s Hall of Nations was demolished, and an art dealer left a Lucio Fontana painting in the back of a cab.
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Reveal the Bright Side of the Moon with a Heat-Activated Solar Eclipse Stamp
The USPS is releasing a stamp to commemorate the coming solar eclipse. It manifests a luminous moon at the touch of a finger.
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The Refreshingly Diverse Shortlist for the 2017 Turner Prize
All four of this year's nominees for the UK's top art prize have roots outside Britain.
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Listen to a Rare Recording of an Eyewitness Account of Lincoln’s Assassination
The Huntington Library has made a video highlighting an audio recording of an eyewitness account of that night — likely the only surviving one of its kind.