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NEA Report Calls for Diversifying the Art World and Curbing Art Student Debt
The population of artists in the US is growing and diversifying (slowly), art schools don't prepare students for the real world, and artists are still poor.
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Over 1,200 Archaeologists and Museum Staff Condemn Destruction Wrought by Dakota Pipeline
In a letter released today, 1,281 archaeologists, museum directors and staff, anthropologists, and historians expressed their solidarity against the destruction at Standing Rock by the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Archaeologists in Turkey Find Neolithic Female Statuette Intact
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, consists of two settlement mounds — the remains of houses continually built over old ones — that have yielded many treasures since archaeologists began excavations in the 1960s.
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Light Projection Aims to Remind Trump His Tower Was Built by Undocumented Workers
To protest Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric, activists projected 30-foot-tall images of migrant workers onto the gleaming façade of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on September 8.
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Slick Replica of Palmyra's Triumphal Arch Arrives in New York, Prompting Questions [UPDATED]
A replica of Palmyra's ancient Arch of Triumph, built by Romans and destroyed last year by ISIS militants, is on a world tour.
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In Denver, a Rare Chance to See Clyfford Still’s Works on Paper
Known mostly for his paintings, Clyfford Still drew prolifically, producing thousands of works of paper throughout his 60-year career as an artist.
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Photographers Win Grant for Documenting Underrepresented Communities on Instagram
Documentary photographer Ronny Sen sees the region of Jharia, India, which is near his hometown, as a vision of “doomsday.”
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Anti-Gentrification Activists Show Concern When Two Art Spaces Open in LA's Boyle Heights [UPDATED]
LOS ANGELES — The burgeoning gallery district east of the LA River is about to get a bit more crowded.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the heirs of the sitter in a Matisse portrait sued the UK's National Gallery, London's deputy mayor for culture floated a proposal to establish "creative enterprise zones," and Maurizio Cattelan installed a functioning 18-karat gold toilet at the Guggenheim.
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In Historic Move, Obama Designates Part of the Atlantic a Marine National Monument
To explore the United States's newest national monument, you're going to need a boat — or at least, some kind of device that keeps you afloat oceanic waters
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First Faculty Lockout in US College History Bars Art Profs from Classes and Studios [UPDATED]
Since Long Island University locked out the roughly 400 members of the faculty union from its Brooklyn campus on August 31, printmaking professor Hilary Lorenz has not been able to ride her bicycle.
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Organizers Cancel Turkish Biennial Amid Fears of Government Crackdown
On Monday, the organizers of the Çanakkale Biennial canceled the exhibition's fifth edition, which was due to open on September 24.