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Google Earth Reveals Geoglyphs in Kazakhstan
Archaeologists using Google Earth have stumbled on more than 50 geoglyphs (massive earth drawings) created by ancient peoples in Northern Kazakhstan in Central Asia, LiveScience reported.
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This week in art news: Auction companies oppose an appeal rehearing for the California Resale Royalty Act, the British Museum is to be recreated in Minecraft, and a time capsule was discovered in the head of a lion atop the Bostonian Society.
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Why Artworks Are Like People
Ever since critic and theorist Walter Benjamin penned his landmark essay in 1936, it's been accepted as a kind of common wisdom that the aura of the artwork has withered in the (never-ending) age of mechanical reproduction. But a new study suggests the aura hasn't vanished entirely yet, and perhaps
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on NYC's Financial District for #FloodWallStreet [UPDATED]
This morning, beginning at 9am, another swarm of environmental protesters gathered in Manhattan, this time downtown, to make a more pointed statement.
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Getty Adds Thousands of Art Historical Images to Growing Digital Library
Getting museum and library archives digitized is one thing; uniting them on a platform that's uniform and accessible is another.
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Brooklyn Book Festival Participants Sign Petition Denouncing Israeli Government Funding
In response to the Israeli consulate's sponsorship of a panel discussion at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Adalah-NY has released an open letter and petition denouncing the funding as a violation of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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This week in art news: Reward offered for the return of two rare stamps, Met Opera layoffs, criticism of the Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Heights redevelopment, and more.
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Getty Foundation Announces New Grants to Conserve Modern Architecture
This week, the first awardees in the new Keeping It Modern grant initiative from the Getty Foundation were announced for 20th-century modernist architecture that requires long-term conservation planning.
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Abu Dhabi Announces Luxury Condo Development Adjacent to Guggenheim Outpost
Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has unveiled the first residential project on Saadiyat Island, the "cultural district" home to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi.
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Seven Artists, Writers, and Musicians Among 2014 MacArthur Fellows
Of this year's 21 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, better known as the 'genius grant,' seven come from the arts.
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Younger Americans More Likely to Read Books, Go to the Library
A new survey by the Pew Research Center has found that the 16–29 demographic in the United States reads books and patronizes libraries at rates higher than those exhibited by adults over 30.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Canada discovered a ship from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated arctic expedition, a Monet painting was found stashed in a suitcase, and a 100-year-old Latin dictionary project reached its final entry, and more.