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Deploying Drones for Aerial Photography
It's difficult to appreciate, given the ubiquity afforded by camera phones and low-cost digital cameras, but the ability to photograph our space can be a powerful act.
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The Mysterious Resignation of the Cleveland Museum of Art Director
On Monday, Cleveland Museum of Art director David Franklin abruptly resigned his post, noting in a statement that he needed to spend more time pursuing "research and writing." But according to Cleveland alt-weekly Scene, there's more to the story …
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Banksy's New Piece Is Waiting at a Strip Club for Love [UPDATED]
Today's Banksy is almost too easy to find. The image already reveals that is placed on the side of the Hustler Club on Manhattan's West Side, which is located on Twelfth Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets.
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52 Weeks of Art and Human Rights in the Emirates
This week saw the launch of 52 Weeks of Gulf Labor, a yearlong activist project coordinated by Gulflabor, a working group opposed to the treatment of laborers at Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island cultural mega-development.
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Sheriff Orders Removal of Sculptures Deemed "Possible Weapons"
Found-object sculptures that were on view in a government building in Morristown, New Jersey, have been removed, after the local sheriff decided that they were "possible weapons to be used against the public."
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This Botched Chinese Restoration Job Might Be the New Beast Jesus
In what's undoubtedly the worst "restoration" job we've read about since last year's Beast Jesus, a local company in the Chinese city of Chaoyang has destroyed a series of Qing Dynasty frescoes by painting an entirely new scene over them in garish colors.
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Filipino American Museum Launches in New York
When the Filipino American Museum (FAM) opens its first show at Soho's Third Streaming on October 29, one of New York's largest Asian communities will formally attain a museum institution of their own.
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Banksy's Queens Sphinx [UPDATE 3]
New York's wandering street sophist today deposited his latest work, a replica of Egypt's Great Sphinx of Giza, in what appears to be a vacant lot in Queens.
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Rappers in Tunisia Unionize
In response to the increasing prosecution of rappers in Tunisia as part of a broader crackdown on free expression by the country's Islamist government, rappers in the country have formed a union.
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Banksy Pops Up in the South Bronx, Catching Up with Weekend Banksys [UPDATE 2]
Banksy's first permanent (well, semi-permanent) work in the Bronx, plus stories from Sunday on the Upper West Side.
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Artist Installs Guerrilla Rape Sculpture in Poland
A Polish art student illegally installed his sculpture of a man raping a woman in the Polish town of Gdansk, causing quite an international controversy.
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Banksy Collaborates with Os Gemeos in Chelsea [UPDATE 3]
The new Banksy piece is on West 24th Street, no Easter egg hunt involved, and it's a previously known work that he created with the Brazillian twins Os Gemeos.