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LA MOCA hires an interim director, more victims of the fake Abstract Expressionism scandal, new partnership for museum diversity, and more.
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5Pointz Protest Re-buffed
Yesterday's defiant response to Tuesday's 5Pointz whitewashing was rebuffed overnight, as the back-and-forth continues between members of the 5Pointz community and property owners Jerry and David Wolkoff of G&M Realty.
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East Africa Has Its First Major Art Auction
Love them or hate them, auctions often signal a milestone, whether it's for new media art or work from a specific region. Recently, Circle Art Agency, a Kenyan arts organization, hosted the first major art auction in East Africa. With 47 works from 43 artists, the auction was incredibly successful,
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Bill Seeking to Democratize New York City Cultural Funding Gains Steam
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s “tale of two cities” mantra doesn’t just apply to voters. New York’s iconic arts institutions have done well for themselves under the Bloomberg administration as smaller groups and individual artists say they have struggled.
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Filipino-American Museum to Host Typhoon Haiyan Benefit
In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan's devastation, the just-launched Filipino-American Museum (FAM) will host a fundraiser this Thursday, November 21, to benefit the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON), an organization coordinating US-based private aid to the Philippines.
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5Pointz Whitewashed Overnight [UPDATE 2]
In the early morning hours, much of the embattled 5Pointz complex on Long Island City was whitewashed — apparently at the behest of landlords Jerry and David Wolkoff.
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Former Imelda Marcos Assistant Convicted in Impressionist Art Fraud
Four Impressionist paintings stolen from the Philippines surface in possible of Imelda Marcos's longtime personal secretary, Vilma Bautista.
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City Council Members to Hold Cultural Plan Hearing
Tomorrow afternoon, a number of New York City Council members will be holding a public hearing to decide on the scope of the proposed cultural plan first announced by City Council Members Stephen Levin and Jimmy Van Bramer in August.
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5 Pointz Supporters Rally Against Impending Demolition
The future of 5 Pointz might now be measured in weeks. A federal court in Brooklyn ruled Tuesday against an injunction that would have stopped the demolition of the graffiti and street art center in Long Island City.
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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.