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Atlanta's High Museum Gets a New Folk Art Curator
On Wednesday the High Museum in Atlanta announced that it had hired Katherine Jentleson to be its next curator of folk and self-taught art.
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This week in art news: Firefighters freed an artist from a plaster block during a botched street art project, a French schoolteacher sues Facebook in a row over Courbet's most infamous painting, and a Banksy impersonator is on the loose in England.
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Arts Vibrancy Index Measures Cultural Health of Communities Across US
The National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University has released its first Arts Vibrancy Index, a report that ranks the cultural vibrancy of communities across the country.
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At Long Last, Peru Gets a National Museum
Machu Picchu might be Peru's most famous tourist destination, but the Inca ruins are just one of many cherished historical sites that have survived since ancient times, along with countless precious artifacts. Strangely enough, despite its rich cultural and artistic history, the country hasn't had a
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The Smithsonian Begins Talks to Create Its First International Venue in London
As part of a major reuse project for London's Olympic Park, the Smithsonian Institution may create its first long-term, overseas exhibition venue.
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An Artist Residency Is Coming to Storm King
Storm King, the sprawling sculpture park and open-air museum in Mountainville, New York, will host an artist residency program for the first time in its 55-year history.
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London Museum Plants Fake in Its Collection
A new project in London asks: Why do we prize authenticity so highly if a forgery can be visually equivalent to an authentic artwork?
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Tate Reveals Surprisingly Low Sum of BP Sponsorship Deal [UPDATED]
After years of legal wrangling, the Tate museums group has finally disclosed the details of its sponsorship agreement with oil company BP.
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Researchers Find Way to Read Papyrus Texts Buried at Herculaneum for the First Time
Only one library from the classical world is known to have survived along with its texts: the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. Ever since its discovery in 1754, archaeologists have attempted to crack open the villa's carbonized texts with knives, chemicals, and unrolling machines, all with little
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This week in art news: The Hergé Museum cancels its Charlie Hebdo exhibition, Sotheby's and Christie's reported record sales, and an artist hired stuntmen to destroy his exhibition.
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Women Excluded from Disciplines That Prize “Raw Intellectual Talent,” Study Finds
The problem, which we often write off to the sorts of research agendas women have historically been encouraged to pursue (namely, non-scientific ones), may not be as straightforward as we tend to believe.
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Heidegger's Anti-Semitism Prompts Resignation and New Wave of Reservations
Late last week, German philosophy professor Günter Figal resigned from his post as chair of the Martin Heidegger Society, citing his discomfort with the famed philosopher’s anti-Semitism.