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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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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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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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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's first permanent (well, semi-permanent) work in the Bronx, plus stories from Sunday on the Upper West Side.
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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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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.
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The government shutdown is over, a Henry Moore was stolen, claim against Austria for Klimt frieze, Zimbabwe theft, Getty lets 5400 images free, and more.
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Banksy's latest stencil reimagines an anonymous arch into a Japanese bridge traversed by ladies and adjacent to a bonsai.
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A new — and yet another traveling — Banksy has been unveiled today. Part sculpture, and part performance piece, the work featured a person shining the shoes of an oversized Ronald McDonald.
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The government shutdown has entered its third week, with little signs of an imminent resuscitation. When that happens, a full accounting of the impact will be done. But in the meantime, the shutdown lingers, and its effects continue to be felt.
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Was the majority of prehistoric cave art in southwestern Europe done by women? That's the theory put forth in a study conducted by archeologist Dean Snow, and it's a welcome challenge to the long-held assumption that our ancient artist predecessors were mostly men.