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An Artist Residency Is Coming to Storm King
Storm King, the sprawling sculpture park and open-air museum in Mountainville, New York, will host an artist residency program for the first time in its 55-year history.
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London Museum Plants Fake in Its Collection
A new project in London asks: Why do we prize authenticity so highly if a forgery can be visually equivalent to an authentic artwork?
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Tate Reveals Surprisingly Low Sum of BP Sponsorship Deal [UPDATED]
After years of legal wrangling, the Tate museums group has finally disclosed the details of its sponsorship agreement with oil company BP.
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Researchers Find Way to Read Papyrus Texts Buried at Herculaneum for the First Time
Only one library from the classical world is known to have survived along with its texts: the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. Ever since its discovery in 1754, archaeologists have attempted to crack open the villa's carbonized texts with knives, chemicals, and unrolling machines, all with little
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Art Movements
This week in art news: The Hergé Museum cancels its Charlie Hebdo exhibition, Sotheby's and Christie's reported record sales, and an artist hired stuntmen to destroy his exhibition.
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Women Excluded from Disciplines That Prize “Raw Intellectual Talent,” Study Finds
The problem, which we often write off to the sorts of research agendas women have historically been encouraged to pursue (namely, non-scientific ones), may not be as straightforward as we tend to believe.
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Heidegger's Anti-Semitism Prompts Resignation and New Wave of Reservations
Late last week, German philosophy professor Günter Figal resigned from his post as chair of the Martin Heidegger Society, citing his discomfort with the famed philosopher’s anti-Semitism.
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On Track to Privatize 400 Jobs, National Gallery Outsources Management of Museum Wing [UPDATED]
On Monday, the National Gallery of London transferred security services for its Sainsbury Wing over to the private security company CIS. The move is the latest in a bitter dispute over the privatization of a huge number of jobs at the museum: 400 of 600 positions, or two-thirds of the museum's entir
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UK Relents After Blocking Syrian Artist's Visit
After initially preventing him from traveling to the UK, the British government has granted Syrian-born, Sharjah-based artist Thaier Helal's second visa application, allowing him to attend the opening of his first solo show in London.
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Houston Museum Expansion Wipes Out Local Architect's Legacy
The Steven Holl-designed redevelopment of the campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston means destruction for a building designed by an important local architect.
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Architecture for Humanity, Disaster Relief Nonprofit, Closes Suddenly
After a massive earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the San Francisco–based nonprofit Architecture for Humanity moved in.
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Chile Will Erect Antoni Gaudí's First Building Outside of Spain
Antoni Gaudí may have died nearly nine decades ago, but a never-built chapel the architect designed in 1915 is finally coming to life.