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Nouvel MoMA tower finally on the rise, Arthur Danto passes away, Henry Moore statue still in London dispute, Alexander Calder estate in court battle, and more.
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Reverend Billy and His Choir Director Face Year in Prison for Bank Performance
For a performance in a Manhattan JP Morgan Chase bank, where they made an environmental statement dressed as extinct amphibians, Reverend Billy and the music director of his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, Neremiah Luckett, are facing a year in prison and $30,000 bail.
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You Can Now Take Photos at MoMA PS1
The museum has quietly gone and changed its photo policy.
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Last NYC Banksy Is Full of Hot Air, Cops Arrest Potential Thieves [UPDATE 5]
This is it … Banky's final New York residency art work and it's in Queens.
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Banksy Creates a Bronx Zoo, Invader Invades NYC, Awesome Banksy GIFs
Banksy's new work is called "Bronx Zoo," and is located near Yankee's Stadium in the Bronx.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Met Admissions Policy
Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich of the commercial division of the New York State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in parts of two different lawsuits today, deeming the institution's pay-what-you-wish policy acceptable and fair.
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Bahrain Police Raid Arab Spring Exhibition
Riot police in Bahrain have raided an Arab spring–related art show organized by Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, a political opposition group in the small gulf kingdom, the Guardian reports.
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Relax, the Metropolitan Museum Isn't Instituting Mandatory Admission Fee
Last week the Metropolitan Museum of Art sent out a press release about a new lease amendment signed by the museum and the City of New York. The amendment concerns the museum's admission policy, which is currently pay what you wish, and once it was announced, all hell broke loose.
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Banksy's New Work Reflects on Banality of Evil, Benefits Charity [UPDATE 2]
There are three Bankys left this month, and today's work is in the window of the Housing Works thrift shop in Manhattan's Gramercy neighborhood.
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Coney Island's Banksy Robot, Busy Weekend in Brooklyn [UPDATE 2]
What a weekend. After Friday night's unveiling of Banksy's new "Reaper" animatronics art performance on Houston Street, two text-based pieces appeared the following days in Brooklyn, and — surprisingly — they were largely left alone by taggers and haters, while today's stencil piece of a spray-can-w
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Banksy's Friday Night Surprise Looks Creepy [UPDATE 3]
Banksy's latest looks spooky.
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The 2013 Power 100 announced, guilty pleas in Kunsthal Rotterdam theft, Met can now charge admission, sculptor Anthony Caro passes away, new developments in Christo's Over the River controversy, and more...