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When Antony Gormley's "Event Horizon," a series of 30 life-size fiberglass sculptures cast from the artist's body, were first installed on rooftops around the city of London in 2007, people mistook them for suicide jumpers and called the police. Now, a presentation of "Event Horizon" in Hong Kong ha
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has turned to a judge to help keep its art on its walls and out of the hands of the city's bankruptcy creditors. Last night, the museum filed an objection to a proposal spearheaded by Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. (FGIC) and Syncora to reevaluate the art in the
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Lucid dreaming — in which the dreamer becomes aware she is dreaming and can actively participate in and alter the narrative — has long been a source of fantastical imagery for artists, Salvador Dali being the most famous.
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Regina Rex's closure Sunday was the first public development in a campaign begun six months ago by the building's landlord, David Steinberg, that placed pressure on the half-dozen gallery tenants in his loft building at 17-17 Troutman Street in Queens.
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In a candid interview with the Germany’s Deutsche Welle last week, the Russian art historian Ekaterina Degot stated that freedom in Russia’s cultural sector is quickly diminishing.
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The Swedish retail giant is opening a museum dedicated to itself. Because capitalism!
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Amazon gets a white-backdrop photography patent, Delaware Art Museum announces first art at auction, Putin bans profanity, and more from the week in art news.
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Leading arts and tech nonprofit Eyebeam has announced plans to move into a space in Brooklyn's Industry City for roughly three years before relocating to an as-yet unbuilt space in downtown Brooklyn. The organization has also announced the recipients of its new two-year 2014/2015 Eyebeam Fellowships
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This week, we learned that two important Cambodian sandstone sculptures from the 10th century — one in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, and the other seized from Sotheby's New York in 2012 — will be returned to the Kingdom of Cambodia after being looted in the 1970s
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The New York Public Library (NYPL) has done an about-face on its controversial plan to renovate its flagship research building on 42nd Street and sell the nearby building that currently houses its Mid-Manhattan library, the New York Times has reported.
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It's that time of year again — when the British art world picks up with excitement, expectation, and eye rolling over the announcement of the annual Turner Prize nominees. The contenders for this year, the award's 30th anniversary, are Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards, and Tris Vonna-
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Just a month after reaching an agreement with the German government, Cornelius Gurlitt, the octogenarian who was hoarding one of the biggest caches of Nazi-era art discovered since World War II, has died.