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Dash Snow's Estate Sues McDonald's for Copyright Infringement
Seven years after the artist's death, a knockoff of his tag has popped up in various graffiti-themed McDonald's restaurants.
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A Luminous NYPL Reading Room Reopens After a Two-Year Restoration
The central space of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building had been closed for repairs after one of the plaster rosettes on its ceiling plummeted to the ground in May 2014.
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Gulf Labor Criticizes Guggenheim's Silence on Migrant Workers' Rights
Months have passed since the Guggenheim broke off six years of negotiations with the Gulf Labor Coalition over migrant workers' rights in Abu Dhabi.
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Spend a Night in Edward Hopper's Childhood Home
If you missed your chance earlier this year to rent that popular replica of van Gogh’s bedroom, you may now fight other art enthusiasts to win a much cooler opportunity: one night for two in Edward Hopper’s real, first bedroom. It will also be a unique experience to
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Protesters Fight Bronx Rezoning that Could Displace Longtime Residents, Businesses, and Artists
When I came upon the protests taking place on a little strip of green at the intersection of West Burnside Avenue and University Avenue, I heard chants of “Fight, fight, fight / Housing is a right,” and “Whose Bronx? / Our Bronx.”
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was sentenced to 9–11 years in prison for attacking historic sites in Timbuktu, Ottawa police are investigating the death of acclaimed Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook, and David Shrigley's "Really Good" was unveiled atop London's Fourth Plinth.
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England Gives “Pride of Place” to Historic LGBTQ Sites
Historic England's Pride of Place project aims to recognize overlooked sites of LGBTQ history and protect them as part of the country's heritage.
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The Frick Acquires Elephant Wine Dispenser and Other Rare 18th-Century Porcelain
Easily breakable, porcelain is probably not the most practical material for making vessels intended to hold alcoholic beverages.
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Anti-BP Protesters Release Pirates, Merpeople, and the Kraken at the British Museum
LONDON — The irony of oil company BP sponsoring the British Museum’s current exhibition Sunken Cities will have been lost on few.
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This Nude Statue of Donald Trump Could Be Yours!
One of the infamous nude Trump sculptures that street art collective INDECLINE recently planted across the country could be yours to keep and hand down as a historic, horrific family keepsake.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Ai Weiwei's lawyer was jailed for 12 years, a fire tore through Stockholm's Royal Institute of Art, and a statue of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the East Village.
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Gowanus Artists Are Evicted from Building, and Trash Pickup Suddenly Halts [UPDATED]
Garbage has been piling up for weeks in the halls of 112 2nd Avenue.