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Amazon gets a white-backdrop photography patent, Delaware Art Museum announces first art at auction, Putin bans profanity, and more from the week in art news.
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Art and Tech Nonprofit Eyebeam Announces 3-Year Move to Industry City, New Fellows
Leading arts and tech nonprofit Eyebeam has announced plans to move into a space in Brooklyn's Industry City for roughly three years before relocating to an as-yet unbuilt space in downtown Brooklyn. The organization has also announced the recipients of its new two-year 2014/2015 Eyebeam Fellowships
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A "Priceless Piece of Cambodia's Cultural History" Has Been Returned After 40 Years
This week, we learned that two important Cambodian sandstone sculptures from the 10th century — one in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, and the other seized from Sotheby's New York in 2012 — will be returned to the Kingdom of Cambodia after being looted in the 1970s
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NY Public Library Drops Controversial Makeover of Flagship Building
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has done an about-face on its controversial plan to renovate its flagship research building on 42nd Street and sell the nearby building that currently houses its Mid-Manhattan library, the New York Times has reported.
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2014 Turner Prize Nominees Are Here
It's that time of year again — when the British art world picks up with excitement, expectation, and eye rolling over the announcement of the annual Turner Prize nominees. The contenders for this year, the award's 30th anniversary, are Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards, and Tris Vonna-
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Cornelius Gurlitt, Hoarder of Nazi-Era Art, Dies [UPDATED]
Just a month after reaching an agreement with the German government, Cornelius Gurlitt, the octogenarian who was hoarding one of the biggest caches of Nazi-era art discovered since World War II, has died.
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4 Long Island City Art Institutions Launch Free Shuttle Bus
It's no secret that Long Island City art institutions have long had problems drumming up foot traffic to their spaces in western Queens, but four of them have joined forces because they believe a shuttle bus may just help.
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Was the Mona Lisa the World's First 3D Image?
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been long studied and celebrated for its virtuosic composition and sfumato technique, its mysterious background and sitter, but two experimental psychologists in Germany are suggesting that the iconic painting may have another claim to fame: being the first 3D image
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Michelangelo's David Statue Growing Frail
From the tombs of the Medici family to St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo designed several structures in his native Italy that have endured the threat of earthquakes. But the artist wasn't anticipating the rumblings caused by hordes of tourists and automobile traffic.
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Four Seasons hotel sued over Picasso, Armenian orphan rug may go on display, Smithsonian's Fossil Halls close until 2019, Cold War satellite images reveal lost archaeology, and more from the week in art news.
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Gulf Labor Monitoring Report Finds Ongoing Violations at Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
A report released this morning by Gulf Labor, a coalition of international artists, confirms the ongoing violation of local and international labor laws at the site of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Zayed National Museum, among other institutions.
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Manifesta 10 Organizers Defend Biennial in Face of Ongoing Boycott
The organizers of Manifesta continued to denounce calls for a relocation or boycott of the biennial at a press conference yesterday in London.