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The Terracotta Daughters travelled across China, Europe, and America, and, earlier this week, they returned to their motherland for burial, to be untouched and underground for the next 15 years.
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A legendary Russian gallery is being evicted after holding a charity event supporting political prisoners.
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The Brooklyn Museum today became the first in the US to host a public collection point for Legos to send to Ai Weiwei.
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With the world still reeling from World War II, a Norwegian architect was tasked with designing one of the most important places of international peace and negotiation.
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For seven years, Charles de Mooij, the director of a tiny museum in the Netherlands, has been struggling to secure loans to bring all the paintings by Hieronymus Bosch back to their humble birthplace.
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As works by artists from Balthus to Théophile Steinlen reveal, the cat has long been a popular subject for depiction.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: refugees reject Banksy's gesture, Hobby Lobby family investigated for Iraqi loot acquisition, and art that looks like trash gets tossed.
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There are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States, and although photographer Robert Dawson only visited a fraction — 526 over two decades — his series presents a diverse portrait of this community space.
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ISIS’s systematic looting in Syria has captured the world’s attention, but a new study shows they’re not the only ones selling off the country’s cultural heritage.
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This week in art news: a photo of the iceberg believed to have sunk the Titanic headed for auction, the mystery behind an intriguing new emoji was solved, and a blockbuster exhibition marking Hieronymus Bosch's 500th birthday was announced.
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The World Monuments Fund has announced 50 sites around the globe that are in danger of disappearing due to development, war, neglect, natural disaster, or deliberate destruction.
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SAN FRANCISCO — PETA and animal lovers can relax: the meat within the metal isn't real. The cans are (of course) part of an art installation.