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Archaeologists Find Mummified Royal Children in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered that a previously unexplored tomb in the Valley of Kings is actually a royal necropolis containing the mummified remains of at least 50 people.
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Chinese Officials Remove Ai Weiwei Work from Exhibition
Ai Weiwei's art star celebrity status sometimes eclipses the political realities of his life, but the Chinese government is always quick with a reminder. The latest controversy: local cultural officials in Shanghai have scrubbed and censored Ai's name and work from an exhibition about the history of
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One of New York's Most Conservative Museums Now Permits Photography
Add the Frick Collection, one of New York City's oldest and most staid museums, to the list of art institutions that have begun allowing visitors to take photographs in their permanent-collection galleries.
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Major arrest in Glafira Rosales forgery case, Brutalist icon Prentice Hospital is no more, Diego Rivera's Detroit mural named a National Historic Landmark, "stolen" Banksy work going to auction, Rachel Whiteread designs new London Tube map, and more from the week in art news.
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Warhol Computer Art Discovered on 1985 Floppy Discs
A multidisciplinary group at Carnegie Mellon University has recovered three new digital images produced by Andy Warhol in 1985. The files were found on "Amiga floppy disks stored in the archives collection of The Andy Warhol Museum," according to a news release.
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Pussy Riot Members Will Speak at Frieze Art Fair New York
Q: When you're a human rights activist recently released from prison in Russia and advocating for reform there, where's the best place to speak to get your message across? A: An art fair!
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Visit the Entire Archive of the Historic 'Brooklyn Daily Eagle' Online
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle — also called, at various times, the Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat and simply the Brooklyn Eagle — covered the goings on of the city and borough of Brooklyn for over a century. The Brooklyn Public Library's local history division, the Brooklyn Collection, has team
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Philip Johnson's Pro-Nazi Sympathies Detailed in FBI File
Philip Johnson's grandiose pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair wasn't the only skeleton exhumed from his past today. The first public viewing of the pavilion in 27 years was followed by the release online of the renowned architect's FBI file by the Paleofuture blog.
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Members of Turkey's Art Community Speak Out Against Government
Turkey has long been known for its relatively liberal political system for the region, but over the past year the country has begun clamping down on free speech. Now, the video artist Ali Kazma, who represented the country at the 2013 Venice Biennale, has published an online protest statement titled
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Pearl Paint Closes [UPDATED]
Pearl Paint, the downtown art-supplies staple on Canal Street, has shut down, Gothamist reported. We previously noted the structure's listing on April 10, though at that time closure seemed uncertain, with the real estate listing offering that the “the space can be delivered vacant.”
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85,000 Historic Newsreels Released on YouTube Tell a Fascinating Story
Yesterday, British Pathé, known for its newsreels, announced that it had uploaded its entire collection to YouTube, making for a widely available trove of historic footage and a fascinatingly nerdy way to spend Friday afternoon.
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Unpaid interns get NYC harassment rights, Joan Jonas to represent US at Venice Biennale, Gabriel García Márquez dies, search for painting in the Hong Kong landfill called off, and more from the week in art news.