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Five Artists Officially Withdraw from Sydney Biennale
Five artists have announced their withdrawal from the Biennale of Sydney, ArtsHub reported today, the latest in an ongoing controversy over one of the Biennale's major sponsors, Transfield.
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G.U.L.F. Calls Guggenheim a 1% Global Museum with a 1% Board
A few moments ago, we received the following statement from G.U.L.F. (Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction), which is a direct response to clarifications by the Guggenheim Foundation on claims made by G.U.L.F.
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The First Modernism in America Awards Announced for Mid-Century Architecture Preservation
All over the United States mid-century structures are in danger of disappearing. The new Modernism in America Awards from the nonprofit conservation organization Docomomo US are aiming to bring attention to some of these buildings, and show why saving them is important.
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Guggenheim Responds: Guards Paid Competitively, Gugg Abu Dhabi Not Under Construction, No Public Forum [UPDATED]
We asked the Guggenheim Foundation for clarification based on yesterday's G.U.L.F. statement. These are the answers we received.
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G.U.L.F. Responds to Guggenheim, Calls on Museum to Open Its Doors to Free Public Assembly
The following statement was emailed to Hyperallergic, and it is a response to Guggenheim Director Richard Armstrong's statement earlier today:
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Guggenheim Responds to Saturday's G.U.L.F. Protest Action
Today, the Guggenheim provided Hyperallergic with the following statement from Director Richard Armstrong in response to our request for comment on Saturday night's protest action in the museum by G.U.L.F.
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Protest Action Erupts Inside Guggenheim Museum
Tonight, over 40 protesters staged an intervention inside the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan during Saturday night's pay-what-you-wish admission hours.
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Artists Call for Boycott of Sydney Biennale Over Sponsorship
A group of artists have threatened to boycott the Biennale of Sydney in protest of one of the exhibition's major sponsors, a company called Transfield, which contracts with the Australian government to manage mandatory detention centers for asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guine
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Art Movements
More details on the Corcoran Gallery, Detroit's bankruptcy plan released, Banksys fail to sell, and more from the week in art news.
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First Look: New Work By Jasper Johns
Last week, we noted the interview Jasper Johns gave the Financial Times regarding his Regrets, the octogenarian's latest body of work and title of his forthcoming show at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Transmediale Festival Shuts Down NSA Imitators
Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev, two artists participating in Berlin’s Transmediale 2014 (January 29–February 2), had an artwork summarily disabled at the festival last month because the piece uses the same technology as the National Security Agency (NSA) to hijack cell phone information.
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End of the Corcoran? New Plan Would Dissolve the Gallery
After years of financial crisis, Washington, DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art — the city's largest and oldest private museum, which focuses on American art — has announced a plan that would see it “cease to exist as an independent institution," the Washington Post reports.