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The architecture of Thorncrown Chapel, with its soaring windows inviting the verdant depths of the Ozarks, is a study in instilling peace. Yet a new plan may shatter the tranquillity by installing invasive power transmission lines just outside its pine and glass walls.
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Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was denied early release from prison last Friday, with a Russian judge saying that Tolokonnikova had "not always followed the rules of behavior" in custody, according to the AP.
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Police in Torquay, England are investigating a local branch of the Triton Gallery, the Independent reports, after their windows were smeared with black paint early Tuesday morning. The work on display included paintings by Rolf Harris, an 83-year-old Australian painter best known for his work as a t
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"Build the Past Today" crows the brochure for a new licensing project for architect Richard Neutra's mid-century modernist house designs. Announced earlier this week, it's an intriguing approach to commercially continuing Neutra's vision in new construction.
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Fisk University in Tennessee came up against a tough decision: faced with financial struggles, they saw an opportunity to keep the school afloat by selling their impressive collection of art, including work by Renoir, Picasso, Diego Rivera, and Cézanne. However, all of this work had been given by Ge
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The United States District Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a 23-page decision today in the case of Patrick Cariou v. Richard Prince, in part reversing and vacating the District Court's prior judgment in favor of Cariou.
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We round up the Turner Prize shortlist (Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tino Sehgal, Laure Prouvost, and David Shrigley) and turn it over to you. Who do you think should win?
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By now, we're used to museums partnering with the Google Art Project and sharing selections of their popular or less known collections online. However, this month a photography museum finally got into the mix, with the George Eastman House, the oldest photography museum in the world, offering an ini
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Cooper Union is not reeling in the wake of today's historic board announcement, but it is hurting. The beleaguered institution's decision to scrap its founder's vision for free education was a long time coming, borne on the back of a boom-time cupidity that has crippled many university endowments. T
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Today, a representative of the Cooper Union board announced that they will be reducing all scholarships by 50% for next year, though some additional scholarships will be available for students.
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Early Saturday morning, at 1:06am according to police, artist Kenny Scharf, 55, was apprehended by the NYPD for graffiti in Brooklyn's East Williamsburg industrial park.
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ArtPrize announced today the hiring of a new executive director, Christian Gaines. We spoke to Gaines, whose background is in film festival management, to discuss his plans for the organization, host to one of the largest contemporary art prizes in the world.