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French Newspaper Runs Blank Frames to Highlight Plight of Photojournalists
To highlight journalism's visual plight, yesterday's edition of the leftist French newspaper Libération ran with blank placeholders instead of images.
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Dia Art Foundation founders withdraw their lawsuit, last Pollock painting confirmed, arson at the Heidelberg Project in Detroit again, and more.
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Beloved Independent Bookstore Soaks the Homeless
The commercial arena for books, though less in tune with the sensibilities of tycoons and autocrats than the world of art, is nonetheless defined by a manichean struggle pitting independent publishers and booksellers against retail and publishing conglomerates.
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Nail in the Coffin for Cariou v. Prince
Richard Prince, J.D. Salinger fan and one-half of the traveling legal circus Cariou v. Prince, had the copyright charges levied against him permanently waved away yesterday by the highest court in the land.
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Free Cooper Union Leaks "Board Presentation" Suggesting Art Dept Is in Trouble
Free Cooper Union has released the first installment of what they allege will be a two-week long period marked by the daily publication of "anonymously leaked confidential documents" from the university's administration.
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Francis Bacon Triptych Breaks World Auction Record at $142.4M
Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
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See 25 Artworks from Newly Discovered Nazi-era Art Stash
In an about-face, the German government announced Monday a new, accelerated policy for the 1,406 paintings discovered in a 2011 raid on Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment, promising a task force and a speedy release of information about the cache.
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United States Loses UNESCO Voting Rights
Last Friday, the United States had its voting rights with UNESCO revoked after not having paid dues to the organization for two years, an action that leaves a void of funding for the organization, as well as potentially impairing America's influence in the arena of global cultural politics and herit
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Cooper Union Board Suspends Student Trustee Elections
In an announcement made through Cooper Union's Office of Student Affairs yesterday, the university's trustees canceled the upcoming elections for a student trusteeship previously ratified at their September board meeting.
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Marvel Unveils Pakistani-American Teenage Girl Superhero
Marvel is launching a new solo superhero series, which in and of itself wouldn't be that exciting — except the star will be a Muslim Pakistani-American teenage girl from New Jersey.
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Art Movements
Dia founders attempt to block foundation art sale, US loses UNESCO voting rights, Pussy Riot member missing in Siberia, Queens Museum reopens, Whistler home up for sale, and more.
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A Famed 17th-Century Elephant Drawn by Rembrandt Is Revealed to Define Her Species
Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt in 1637.