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The last chance for 5Pointz survival lost, DIA looks at moving to state control, Martin Creed's first retrospective, lost Da Vinci possibly found, Norman Rockwell painting definitely lost, and more...
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A Giant Ear for Politicians
Step into a restaurant in Korea, and sometimes in Koreatowns, and you'll find a simple button next to your table. Press the button, and the waiter or waitress shows up. It's an elegant solution to a perennial problem: getting the attention of extremely busy people.
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3rd Ward CEO Confirms Closure in Letter to Instructors
The following letter from Jason Goodman confirming that his beleaguered organization is shutting down was emailed to 3rd Ward instructors at 9:39 pm EDT.
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3rd Ward Suspends Operations, $1.5M Investor Offering Shut Down
With news of 3rd Ward's unexpected closure reported earlier this afternoon in the New York Observer, further details have emerged regarding the operational and strategic difficulties that have plagued the widely-utilized creative depot cum instruction space for the past year.
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Art and Tech Nonprofit Eyebeam Is Moving to Brooklyn
Anyone who's ever visited Eyebeam at its current home on West 21st Street knows that it's something of the red-headed stepchild on the block. So maybe it's just as well that the art and technology center is moving to Brooklyn.
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Banksy Watch: New Work in LES, Red Hook Work Protected
Another day, another Banksy in New York City, and today's Easter egg popped up on Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, while the Banksy in Red Hook has been protected from vandals.
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Five Issues Threatening the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites
Yesterday, the World Monuments Fund announced their 2014 World Monuments Watch, launching a two-year advocacy for 67 sites in 41 countries.
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Banksy's Latest Pops Up in Greenpoint, Get$ Covered Up Fa$t
Banksy hasn't been wow'ing street art fans in New York, though he (I'm going to assume it is a "he") is creating a lot of excitement around street art, which is a good thing.
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Starting Next Year, LA's Hammer Museum Will Be Free
A few weeks ago, billionaire art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad announced that his upcoming museum in Los Angeles, The Broad, will offer free admission. Earlier this year, the Dallas Museum of Art switched over to free entry, as well as offering a new free membership plan. And now, continuin
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Kansas Group Targeting Topless Sculpture
Hysterical reactions to "controversial" installations are a fixture of public art, but an ongoing saga in Kansas over a topless and headless female statue elevates the form to an obscene theatrics.
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Get to Know Your Modernist Architecture Neighbors this Weekend
This Saturday, the US chapter of Docomomo, a nonprofit dedicated to "documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement" is hosting Tour Day 2013 across the country.
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Art Movements
The government shutdown's impact on art, looted Egyptian museum objects recovered, Queens Museum sets reopening date, International Photography Hall of Fame finds new home, and more...