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RISD Museum to Unveil New Galleries Featuring Ancient Egyptian and Asian Art
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum is opening the newly renovated sixth floor of its Eliza G. Radeke building to the public this Friday.
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Over 100 Artists and Intellectuals Call for Withdrawal from Creative Time Exhibition
Over 100 artists and intellectuals — including Judith Butler, Lucy Lippard, Chantal Mouffe, Walid Raad, Martha Rosler, and Gayatri Spivak — have signed on to a public letter calling on participants to withdraw from Creative Time's traveling Living as Form exhibition on the grounds that it is current
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Senegalese Government Shuts Down Exhibitions Addressing Queer Issues
The government of Senegal has ordered the closure or cancelation of all exhibitions dealing with queer issues in the 2014 edition of Dak'Art, the 11th Biennale of Contemporary African Art, The Art Newspaper reported.
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Two More Artists, Chto Delat and US Social Forum, Withdraw from Creative Time Exhibition
Two more artists have joined Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency in withdrawing from the traveling iteration of Creative Time's Living as Form exhibition curated by Nato Thompson, Hyperallergic has learned.
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Art Movements
NYPL closes Reading Room after falling plaster, Gurlitt art in limbo, new leaders for Picasso Museum and Hirshhorn, and more from the week in art news.
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Artists Still Not Getting Paid (But at Least We're Starting to Talk About It)
A campaign in the United Kingdom called Paying Artists released a report with a series of recommendations for getting artists paid, an urgency they claim based on their finding that "71% of artists exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries received no fee for their work."
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Creative Time Reneges on Promise to BDS Artists with Israel Exhibition, Artist Withdraws [UPDATED]
The revelation that a Creative Time exhibition curated by Nato Thompson has traveled to Israel unbeknownst to participants has drawn sharp rebukes from artists subscribing to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, including the immediate withdrawal of one artist contacted by Hyperall
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Creative Dissidents Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and many, including one of China's most famous dissidents, Ai Weiwei, are commemorating the occasion with personal protests.
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Gogh Gogh Gadget: Museum Shows Genetic Reproduction of van Gogh's Ear
A new exhibition at Germany's Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe (ZKM) features a genetically faithful reproduction of the ear Vincent van Gogh reportedly cut off in 1888 during a psychotic episode.
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Artist Trademarks Pi, Inadvertently Trolls Internet
Art practice today can be a confusing thing, and Brooklyn-based artist Paul Ingrisano's decision to trademark the symbol for pi followed by a period has caused a furor online.
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Center Devoted to Artist Ed Paschke Coming to Chicago
A new center devoted to the late artist Ed Paschke will open later this month in Chicago, to coincide with what have been the artist's 75th birthday.
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Ai Weiwei Posts Curator Transcripts After Censorship Row
Ai Weiwei released three transcripts today related to his recent withdrawal from an exhibition at Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA).