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Listen to the Eerie Tune of a Toy Pig That Last Played as the Titanic Sank
Just over a hundred years since it serenaded Titanic survivors huddled in a lifeboat on the icy seas, a little toy pig's music has been resurrected.
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Artifact looting and ancient church destruction in Egypt, the Christie's appraisal of DIA, Old Masters saved in Berlin, 5 Pointz death knell, and more.
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An Art CSA Grows in Brooklyn
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) has long been a fixture of many of the more enlightened communities in the United States. By selling "shares" of a season's crop ahead of time, the practice generates a predictable income and demand for agricultural products, allowing many smaller-scale farmers
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Stolen Shot "Wins" Samsung Photo Contest
Samsung's #LiveInTheMoment Instagram photo contest has been mired in controversy since a winning photograph was discovered to be the image of another photographer that was altered by flipping, cropping, and adding a filter.
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Archeologists Uncover 5,000-Year-Old Board Game Pieces
Some things are as old as civilization as we know it: agriculture, government, written language, a reverence for cats, and gaming. As further proof of that last one, Turkish archeologists have unearthed what they think are the oldest board game tokens ever found.
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MoMA Turns Their Private Garden into a Public Park for the Mornings
This September 9, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is starting new free early hours in its Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. The move is in effect year-round to turn this private space into a public space each morning.
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Shakespeare Not Quite the Fount of Language He Was Previously Held to Be
As old texts are gradually digitized, the number of words whose lineage was previously traceable only to Shakespeare's pen has sharply decreased.
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Damien Hirst's New Studio Complex Is Called "Science"
While his toxic, formaldehyde-based work may not be the most environmentally friendly art production in the world, Damien Hirst's new personal studio and gallery in Stroud, England — where his team will be plunging ever more creatures into preservatives — is being designed by a small, eco–conscious
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Detroit Institute of Arts Does Not Object to City Bankruptcy Relief
In a statement posted to their website late yesterday, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has affirmed its support of its host city's Chapter 9 bankruptcy proceeding.
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Conservators Uncover Collaborative Pre-Raphaelite Mural
Conservators have discovered an entire wall painting done by five Pre-Raphaelite artists in a house in a London suburb. The building, known as the Red House, was the home of Arts and Crafts movement founder William Morris between 1860 and 1865; sometime during those years, Morris completed the paint
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Egyptian "Archaeologists' Syndicate" Calls for Expulsion of Foreign Researchers
In a show of scholarly inquiry turned jingoistic battleground, the Egyptian Archaeologists' Syndicate has demanded that foreign researchers and foreign institutions be expelled from the country. According to a report published earlier today in the country's English-language Ahram Online, Syndicate C
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Art Movements
Museum looting in Egypt, Norman Foster leaves Moscow project, Ed Ruscha joins SFMOMA board, Mike Kelley retrospective, and more.