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A New Website Lets You Browse Images of All Publicly Owned Art in the UK
“THROUGH OUR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WE ALL OWN ART,” reads a new painting by British artist Bob and Roberta Smith (who is one guy).
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Rauschenberg Foundation Joins 21st Century, Embraces Fair Use
In the age of smartphone cameras and social media, it seems easier than ever for members of the public to freely share pictures of contemporary art.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: 14 members of a British museum-robbing ring were convicted, Christie's sued collector Jose Mugrabi for failing to pay for a $37 million Basquiat he won at auction, and the NYPD seized a crate labeled "art" only to find it full of weed.
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A 5,000-Year-Old Linen Dress Is the World's Oldest Woven Garment
An over-5,000-year-old linen dress was recently confirmed as the world's oldest woven garment.
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Library of Congress Acquires Four Decades of Courtroom Art, Spanning Manson to Madoff
With some exceptions, courtrooms remain one of the few places where photography is forbidden, so sketching is a vital way of capturing the moods, emotions, and actions of what's going on.
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Istanbul Gallery Cancels War-Themed Exhibition, Citing "the Delicate Situation in Turkey"
Post-Peace, an exhibition that was slated to open on March 2 at the nonprofit cultural center Akbank Sanat in Istanbul, has been cancelled due to what organizers are describing as ongoing political tensions within Turkey.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: courtroom sketches from the Knoedler forgery trial went on public display, artists came out in support of Apple's decision not to give the FBI access to users' encrypted data, and a painter in France found a drawing in a bottle that was thrown into New York Harbor two and a ha
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Department of Labor Sues B&H Photo Over Discriminatory Practices [UPDATED]
The US Department of Labor is suing B&H Photo Video for violating federal requirements to provide equal opportunity to and fair treatment of workers at one of its warehouses in Brooklyn.
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From Ancient Inuit Maps to Poetry, Researchers Send Art to the Moon
A capsule filled with art and artifacts is headed to the moon at the start of next year, where it will remain indefinitely as a celebration of the human capacity for creativity.
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Intact Bronze Age Wheel Turns Up in Britain
Archaeologists with the University of Cambridge have uncovered the largest and most complete example of a Bronze Age wheel, the earliest of its kind in Britain.
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Artist Plans New York City Monument To Put Donald Trump in His Place
Now the world may receive its first Donald J. Trump public sculpture, which isn't exactly an honorable tribute to the Cheeto-colored candidate scarily inching his way to becoming the Republican presidential nominee.
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Bye-bye Brands, Hello Art? Bushwick Open Studios Is Moving from June to October
Arts in Bushwick surprised artists last week with an understated email announcing “a few changes to our programming dates.”