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New Banksys Pop Up as Old Ones Are Freshened Up [UPDATED]
It's another day, and another Banksy in New York, as the secretive street artist has revealed a new series in three different locations.
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Another Day, Another #BanksyNY: First Piece Buffed, Audio Guide Down
The new day brought with it a second Banksy, but now the amusing audio guide hotline appears to be down, and overnight the first piece went through a graffiti metamorphosis of its own.
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Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk Released
At an event last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) officially released The Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk, which outlines the categories of cultural goods most vulnerable to illicit trade during the Syrian war.
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Banksy Surfaces in New York With New Work, Playful Telephone Hotline
Celebrated career criminal Banksy has apparently begun a monthlong residency in New York City as part of an exhibition his website is calling Better Out Than In, "an entire show on the streets of New York."
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Curtains Fall on New York City Opera After 70 Years
After 70 years of soaring voices and outsized emotions, the New York City Opera is readying itself for closure following bankruptcy proceedings, ending weeks of speculation about its fate.
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How the Looming US Government Shutdown Will Affect the World of Art
By midnight this evening, we’ll finally know whether the government will be shut down — that's the silver lining to be found in the otherwise bleak congressional budget debate.
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Beloved Brooklyn Street Art Gallery Reopens in Navy Yard This Weekend
After years as a fixture of Williamsburg rambunctious street art scene, Pandemic Gallery will reopen tomorrow night in a new and larger space a few miles south in Brooklyn's fast-changing Navy Yards neighborhood.
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Art Movements
Government shutdown threatens museum closures, Carrie Mae Weems honored with MacArthur Genius Grant, NYC Opera in danger of dissolution, Corcoran Gallery wins out in Huguette Clark case, Nazi gold secrets in music, and more.
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Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing Now 30% Closed
CHICAGO — Rumors began shaking my grapevine in Chicago last week about a sudden and dramatic closure of part of the Modern Wing at the Art Institute.
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Martians Land in Bushwick
The Bushwick boom continues. When it opens its doors on Friday, October 4, the painting-focused Life on Mars gallery will be the newest entrant to the Bushwick art scene, joining the bustle at the 56 Bogart building.
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Met Museum Offers $18 Groupon for Free Admission
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has offered an $18 admission voucher on the social deals site Groupon, a seeming continuation of their longstanding tendency to mislead New Yorkers about the official "price" of admission.
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Death, Art, Taxes
The Art Advisory Panel of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is tasked with reviewing tax transactions on art worth over $50,000 that has been sold, donated, or otherwise changed hands in the past year.