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Bookseller McNally Jackson Opens Art Store
McNally Jackson, one of New York City's marquee independent bookstores, is venturing into art with a new shop devoted to prints, editions, posters, art and artists' books.
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Morgan Library Puts Hundreds of Rembrandt Etchings Online
The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has completed the digitization of its entire collection of Rembrandt etchings.
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Emirates Censors International New York Times Over Saadiyat Labor Report
The International New York Times publishing partner in the United Arab Emirates has declined to print the May 20 edition of the paper over a front-page story on labor abuses on the country's Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi.
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Front-Page NYT Report Confirms Gulf Labor Findings on Saadiyat Island
A front-page investigative story published in the New York Times today has confirmed previous allegations of labor abuses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), echoing the findings of the Guardian, Human Rights Watch, and — most recently — the Gulf Labor activist group.
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Whitney Museum to Offer Year of Free Admission to Construction Workers
At a hard-hat tour of the Whitney's Renzo Piano-designed building in downtown Manhattan earlier this month, it was announced that the institution plans to extend a year of museum membership to the project's construction workers.
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Frick Collection Reverses Policy Allowing Photos
Well, it was nice while it lasted. After revising its policy in April to allow photography inside the permanent galleries, the Frick Collection has once again changed course.
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Australian Government Cuts Over $100M from Arts and Culture
Australia's conservative government will nearly halve its budget deficit in the coming fiscal year, in the process eliminating more than AUS$100 million (US$93.6 million) in funding for arts and culture programs, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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Corcoran Merger with George Washington University and National Gallery Finalized
The Corcoran Gallery of Art's absorption into George Washington University (GWU) and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, first announced in February, has been finalized, the Washington Post reported.
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Detroit judge rebukes creditor demands, Florida increases arts funding 384%, Smithsonian goes API, and more from the week in art news.
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East Harlem Committee Endorses Proposal to Tap 1% of Frieze NY Art Fair Revenue
At a meeting Tuesday night, the Economic Development, Culture & Tourism Committee of East Harlem's Community Board 11 (CB11) passed a resolution demanding that the Frieze Art Fair direct 1% of its revenues back to nonprofit organizations in the South Bronx and East Harlem.
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Lost and Found: Lynda Benglis's "The Wave"
NEW ORLEANS — When we last left “The Wave,” Lynda Benglis’s monumental bronze sculpture she created for the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans, it had just been rediscovered behind a disused sewer treatment plant in suburban Kenner, Louisiana.
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Artist Collective Withdraws from Whitney Biennial
The Yams Collective, the largest of the eight collectives participating in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, has withdrawn over objections to the curatorial program, Hyperallergic has learned.