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Four Construction Companies Will Build Concrete Prototypes for US-Mexico Border Wall
US Customs and Border Protection has awarded contracts to four general construction providers based in Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, and Texas.
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This week in art news: the NEH pledged $1 million in emergency relief funds for cultural organizations affected by Hurricane Harvey, LA City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day, and William Eggleston announced plans to release an album of synth music.
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This week in art news: Charlottesville shrouded its Confederate monuments while other US cities removed theirs, the Village Voice revealed it will cease its print edition, and a museumgoer left a trail of blue footprints after stepping on an Yves Klein.
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A Major Art Symposium Goes Awry in Mexico City
In late July, a newspaper reported that the 14th edition of Mexico City's revered SITAC contemporary art symposium had been cancelled, but it's more complicated.
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Philadelphia’s Fight to Remove a Monument to Former Mayor Frank Rizzo [UPDATED]
Like the Confederate monuments around the country, the sculpture of Rizzo is salt in an open wound for many of the city’s residents of color.
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From the Bronx to Brooklyn, Confederate Symbols Come Down Across New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched a review of "all symbols of hate on city property," and some have already been removed.
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225-Year-Old Columbus Monument in Baltimore Attacked with Sledgehammer
Video footage showing someone taking a sledgehammer to the memorial's base was posted on Popular Resistance's YouTube channel this morning.
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Queens Museum Cancels, Then Reinstates Israel-Sponsored Event After Accusations of Antisemitism
Fallout from the cancellation and reinstating of the event, organized by Israel's ambassador to the UN, raises concerns about how museums might do business in light of recent anti-BDS legislation.
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Senator Cory Booker Will Introduce Bill to Remove Confederate Statues from US Capitol
A major focus of the legislation will be to remove sculptures of Confederate figures from National Statuary Hall.
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Members of President’s Arts Committee Resign en Masse in Protest of Trump [UPDATED]
All 17 private members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities published a letter condemning Trump's "hateful rhetoric" after Charlottesville.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: cities across the US examined their holdings of Confederate monuments, "Trumpy the Rat" made its debut, and a de Kooning stolen in 1985 was recovered.
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After Trump Calls Confederate Monuments “Beautiful,” Twitter Responds with Memes
The responses to this drivel came swiftly on Twitter, with people pointing out all the beautiful works of public art that have popped up this year alone, including guerrilla sculptures of a nude Trump.