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US Customs Officials Confiscate Sculpture Made of Weapons
A legal battle is brewing over a sculpture by Mozambican artist Gonçalo Mabunda after customs officials, considering it a weapon, confiscated it from its owner.
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Anish Kapoor's Versailles Sculpture Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Slurs
Anish Kapoor’s "Dirty Corner" (2011–15) sculpture in the gardens of Palace of Versailles has been vandalized again but this time with offensive words, including anti-Semitic slurs.
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New Bushwick Gallery Promises to Exhibit "Subversive and Difficult Art"
A new gallery is opening on Meserole Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, next month, and according to its eponymous director, Christopher Stout, it will have a “program of showing subversive and difficult art.”
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A Procession of Black Love Responds to Controversial Michael Brown Exhibition in Chicago
CHICAGO — After the scene of Michael Brown’s death was staged at Guichard Gallery as an artwork this summer, there was a public discussion about the exhibition and the fact that it was created by an artist who identified as white, Ti-Rock Moore.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: "Algie" the inflatable Pink Floyd pig was withdrawn from auction, only one student enrolled in USC's Roski School of Art and Design MFA program, and Sotheby's announced the sale of A. Alfred Taubman's art collection.
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British Library Rejects Taliban Archive Donation
It isn’t every day that one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions refuses to host a massive digital archive of great historical significance.
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Oblivious Games Company Turns Slave Trade into Tetris
After a social media uproar, the Denmark-based Serious Games Interactive removed a "Slave Tetris" mini-game from their Playing History: Slave Trade.
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City Council Bill Could Limit NYC's Landmarking Power
At a public hearing next Wednesday, New York City Council's Committee on Land Use will consider a bill that would majorly impact landmarking in the city.
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New Zealanders Embarrassed by Finalists for National Flag and Banknote Redesigns
New Zealand is attempting to rebrand itself to better convey its national identity and cultural heritage, but those efforts aren't going as smoothly as one would hope.
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Did Cooper Union Just Get a Second Chance?
They said it couldn't be done, but today's announcement by the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) suggests that the turmoil that has engulfed the beloved Manhattan university may be coming to an end.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a Spanish town replaces a prehistoric tomb with a picnic table, Cossacks destroy a Mephistopheles sculpture, San Francisco sues a graffiti writer, and more.
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Ancient Rock Art in Utah Is Being Destroyed by Target Shooters
Rock art is one of the most fragile cultural treasures in the United States and some people are destroying them with their guns.