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Rappers in Tunisia Unionize
In response to the increasing prosecution of rappers in Tunisia as part of a broader crackdown on free expression by the country's Islamist government, rappers in the country have formed a union.
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Banksy Pops Up in the South Bronx, Catching Up with Weekend Banksys [UPDATE 2]
Banksy's first permanent (well, semi-permanent) work in the Bronx, plus stories from Sunday on the Upper West Side.
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Artist Installs Guerrilla Rape Sculpture in Poland
A Polish art student illegally installed his sculpture of a man raping a woman in the Polish town of Gdansk, causing quite an international controversy.
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Banksy Collaborates with Os Gemeos in Chelsea [UPDATE 3]
The new Banksy piece is on West 24th Street, no Easter egg hunt involved, and it's a previously known work that he created with the Brazillian twins Os Gemeos.
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Art Movements
The government shutdown is over, a Henry Moore was stolen, claim against Austria for Klimt frieze, Zimbabwe theft, Getty lets 5400 images free, and more.
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Banksy Goes Japonaiserie in Brooklyn, Tribeca Banksy Vandalized [UPDATE 5]
Banksy's latest stencil reimagines an anonymous arch into a Japanese bridge traversed by ladies and adjacent to a bonsai.
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Banksy Takes Aim at Fastfood Giant, Tribeca Banksy Becomes Memorial [UPDATE 3]
A new — and yet another traveling — Banksy has been unveiled today. Part sculpture, and part performance piece, the work featured a person shining the shoes of an oversized Ronald McDonald.
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Taking Stock of the Shutdown's Continued Impact on the Arts
The government shutdown has entered its third week, with little signs of an imminent resuscitation. When that happens, a full accounting of the impact will be done. But in the meantime, the shutdown lingers, and its effects continue to be felt.
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Archaeologist Finds Prehistoric European Art World Dominated by Women
Was the majority of prehistoric cave art in southwestern Europe done by women? That's the theory put forth in a study conducted by archeologist Dean Snow, and it's a welcome challenge to the long-held assumption that our ancient artist predecessors were mostly men.
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Weekend Banksy: East Village Confessional, Central Park Pop-up, Queens Lowbrow, Red Hook Damage
This weekend's Banksys touched down in three boroughs. They included some of his trademark black-and-white stencils and a surprise pop-up shop by Central Park, while the story of the Red Hook work continues.
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Free Cooper Remixes Banksy Confessional
For the latest in their inventive visual mockery of Cooper Union president and unalloyed economic realist Jamshed Bharucha, the student activists of Free Cooper Union satirically reconfigured a Banksy work that popped up near the school's campus over the weekend.
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What's Happening at 3rd Ward Philadelphia?
Though 3rd Ward had been a pillar of the Brooklyn creative community for seven years, the Philadelphia branch — also shuttered this week — had only opened in April 2013, and the devastation to the burgeoning community of members and employees has been just as bad.