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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: raccoons go on rogue art crawl, artists' work is trapped after a gallery's eviction, and a Star Wars print is swiped by Canadians who've gone over to the dark side.
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Decrying Real Estate Summit, Artists Stage Demonstration Outside Brooklyn Museum
"Gentrification in progress," read the tape, its black type printed on yellow strips as all good warnings are.
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Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Real Estate Summit at Brooklyn Museum
More than 100 activists and artists affiliated with community groups from throughout the city gathered at the Brooklyn Museum this morning to protest its hosting of the 2015 Brooklyn Real Estate Summit.
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Two Crowdfunding Campaigns Aim to Create Art for the Blind
Imagine never being able to see the Mona Lisa, much less understand what people mean when they talk about her enigmatic smile.
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Artists Envision Justice for 2015 Trans Day of Resilience
On November 20, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), communities all over the world will hold memorials for those who lost their lives in 2015 in acts of transphobic violence.
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White Nationalist Artist Charles Krafft Designs Award for Right-Wing Publisher
Artist Charles Krafft is back — and this time, rather than attempting to hide his white nationalist beliefs, he appears to be embracing them.
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Discovery in a Cathedral Attic Suggests Birds Are the Best Archivists
Archaeologists restoring a cathedral in Zvenigorod, an old town 40 miles west of Moscow, recently stumbled upon stacks of centuries-old documents hoarded by an unexpected breed of collectors: birds.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: London's Science Museum decided not to renew its sponsorship deal with Shell, Russian artist and activist Pyotr Pavlensky was detained for setting fire to the entrance of Moscow's FSB headquarters, and Laurie Anderson and Sophie Calle got hitched.
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From Glittering Mosque to Miniature Stadium, Highlights of the 2015 World Architecture Festival
The World Architecture Festival, the world's biggest international architectural event, has just announced its 35 winners of 2015.
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Three Resign from International Museum Committee Board, Demand New Leadership
Three museum directors have resigned from their positions as board members for the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM), dissatisfied with how its top figures have handled and responded to debates that first emerged earlier this year over censorship.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a cow sculpture gets tipped, Warhol prints get ripped, and Lil Wayne's collection gets raided.
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Artists Denounce Brooklyn Museum for Hosting Real Estate Summit
On November 17, the Brooklyn Museum will host the sixth annual Brooklyn Real Estate Summit, a gathering of more than 600 of the biggest players in Brooklyn's real estate market.