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Art Movements
This week in art news: One of the world's smallest artworks smashed, a $40 million lawsuit against the Keith Haring Foundation dismissed, and another major museum bans selfie sticks.
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Public Art for a Desert City with No Inhabitants
Does a city with no residents need public art? Absolutely, according to University of New Mexico (UNM) adjunct professor Sherri Brueggemann, who first heard about the Center for Innovation, Testing, and Evaluation (CITE) plan last year.
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Mysterious Engravings Question Authorship of Shakespeare's Works
William Shakespeare was a commoner who wrote witty plays attended by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Francis Bacon was a noble who served as her Attorney General. Right?
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Looking for Leonardo in van Gogh's "Cafe Terrace at Night"
Did Vincent van Gogh hide an homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in one of his most famous paintings?
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Frei Otto, Master of Tensile Structures, Dies Day Before Winning Pritzker Prize
The influential German architect Frei Otto died Monday, one day before it was announced that he would be receiving the 2015 Pritzker Prize.
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LA County Agrees to Pay Photographers $50K for Harassment
In the resolution of a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, Los Angeles County will pay three photographers who were harassed by members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) a total of $50,000 in damages.
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Museum Wants Other Half of Cranach's John the Baptist Painting
It's not quite clear why the art dealer mutilated the painting to begin with.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: selfie-taking vandals at the Colosseum, former Vatican worker holds stolen Michelangelo letter ransom, and ISIS mounts cyber attack on Midwestern crafts museum.
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New LA Art Space with a Mission Opens in Leimert Park
LOS ANGELES — The mood was festive last Saturday as throngs flocked to Art + Practice, a new hybrid art space in Leimert Park, for the opening of their inaugural exhibition.
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Asians Meet New Yellow Emoji with Frowny Face
Apple’s new release of iOS 8.3 beta and OS X 10.10.3 beta for testers includes a long-awaited emoji update, with new, racially diverse humanoid emoji.
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After Protesting Sexual Violence, Afghan Artist Forced into Hiding
An Afghan artist who enacted a performance against sexual molestation in a crowded Kabul marketplace has been forced into hiding, AFP reported.
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The Many Faces of Cindy Sherman, Turned into Emoji
There are few human emotions that have not been captured, in one series or another, by Cindy Sherman.