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Three Civil Rights Sites Become National Monuments
President Barack Obama designated as national monuments three Southern sites connected with the Civil Rights movement and post-Civil War Reconstruction.
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CalArts Students Prepare to Walk Out During #J20 Strike
Students at one of the country's leading art schools have organized a walkout to coincide with Inauguration Day.
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Tania Bruguera Detained in Cuba While Delivering Supplies to Hurricane Victims
No explanation was given for the artist's detention, but she was allegedly interrogated for six hours.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: dealer and collector Guy Wildenstein was cleared of charges that he'd concealed artworks to avoid taxes, financial disclosures revealed Steven Mnuchin's multimillion-dollar stake in a Willem de Kooning painting, and the artist behind the "Hollyweed" prank turned himself in.
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Chicano Park Murals, Neutra's Studio, and Schomburg Center Named National Historic Landmarks
This week, the US Department of the Interior designated 24 new National Historic Landmarks, including several vital art and culture sites.
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A Running List of New York Galleries and Nonprofits Closing for the #J20 Art Strike
As the day of Donald Trump's inauguration nears, we're keeping track of all the New York City art spaces that will stay closed in protest.
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Austin Becomes Newest US City to Introduce Artist-in-Residence Program
The nine-month residency will have the artist respond to specific issues identified by a civic department.
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Art Museums Increasingly Dependent on Private Wealth, Study Affirms
Museums in North America continue to be dependent on private philanthropy to expand their collections and mount shows.
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Outsider Art Fair to Host Readings of Obama's Words Beginning on Inauguration Day
Fair attendees, invited guests, and members of the public are invited to recite quotes from the President's speeches, interviews, and other appearances.
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Artist Petitions Donald Trump to Commission a Border Fence by Christo
On Change.org, Luis Camnitzer is asking the President-elect to turn his proposed border wall with Mexico into a piece by Christo.
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Will a Giant Boob or Chameleon Inaugurate the High Line’s New Public Art Plinth?
In spring 2018, the industrial park will inaugurate its first space dedicated specifically to art: the High Line Plinth.
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North America's Oldest Mummy Returns to a Native Tribe
In one of the latest examples of American museums repatriating human remains, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe was given control of the 10,600-year-old Spirit Cave mummy.