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Director of the Metropolitan Museum, Thomas P. Campbell, Resigns Suddenly
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's director and chief executive Thomas P. Campbell resigned today after eight years serving the position.
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Museumgoer Breaks a Kusama Pumpkin, Allegedly in Pursuit of a Selfie [UPDATED]
According to museum visitors, someone attempting to take a selfie in Yayoi Kusama's newest mirror room fell into the gleaming patch of pumpkin sculptures and broke one of them.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: protesters called on the Museum of Modern Art to drop a Trump adviser from its board, Italy’s art crime squad recovered a Guercino painting stolen in 2014, and two more works from the Cornelius Gurlitt trove were returned to the heirs of their Jewish owners.
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LA Artists and Activists Clash at a Political Action Meeting in Boyle Heights
When the Artists' Political Action Network held its first public meeting, it was met by protesters from the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement.
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Protesters Demand MoMA Drop Trump Advisor from Its Board
Dozens of protesters are demanding MoMA remove the CEO of BlackRock from their board because of his ties to the Trump administration.
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Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists
After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.
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Detroit Will Close Massive Arts Complex, Evicting Over 100 Tenants
The city is shutting down the Russell Industrial Center, a decades-old mainstay of the Detroit art scene, due to violations of local ordinances and safety and building codes.
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Jerusalem Moves to Evict Art Gallery for Hosting Event About Occupied Territories
Barbur Gallery held an event with the left-wing NGO Breaking the Silence, and now the municipality of Jerusalem is trying to kick it out of its space.
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Six Years After the Christchurch Earthquake, a Homegrown Memorial Faces an Uncertain Future
As the official memorial to victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake is unveiled, an unofficial but beloved installation commemorating the dead remains in limbo.
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Digitizing Route Books from the Golden Age of the American Circus
Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art.
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A 12,000-Pound Panorama of a Civil War Battle Is Lifted into Its New Home
The colossal 19th-century painting of the Battle of Atlanta has been hailed as a tribute to both the North and South, and its complicated history will be a focus in its new home at the Atlanta History Center.
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Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations Fight Misinformation with #DayofFacts
As a corrective to the perception that we are living in a post-truth reality, art, history, and science institutions around the world are sharing truths today through the social media hashtag #DayofFacts.