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Free Cooper Union has released the first installment of what they allege will be a two-week long period marked by the daily publication of "anonymously leaked confidential documents" from the university's administration.
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Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
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In an about-face, the German government announced Monday a new, accelerated policy for the 1,406 paintings discovered in a 2011 raid on Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment, promising a task force and a speedy release of information about the cache.
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Last Friday, the United States had its voting rights with UNESCO revoked after not having paid dues to the organization for two years, an action that leaves a void of funding for the organization, as well as potentially impairing America's influence in the arena of global cultural politics and herit
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In an announcement made through Cooper Union's Office of Student Affairs yesterday, the university's trustees canceled the upcoming elections for a student trusteeship previously ratified at their September board meeting.
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Marvel is launching a new solo superhero series, which in and of itself wouldn't be that exciting — except the star will be a Muslim Pakistani-American teenage girl from New Jersey.
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Dia founders attempt to block foundation art sale, US loses UNESCO voting rights, Pussy Riot member missing in Siberia, Queens Museum reopens, Whistler home up for sale, and more.
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Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt in 1637.
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For the second time in New York's history, tenants living illegally in commercial lofts will be able to apply for the full rights and protections afforded to all residential renters … but this time there's a deadline.
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First reported in the German media, news broke yesterday of an estimated €1bn ($1.35bn) of Nazi-seized art uncovered during a raid on an octogenarian's Munich apartment in 2011. A total of 1,500 works — paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka
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Popularly known as the "Krugier-Picasso mask," a 19th century West African mask that will be part of the Jan Krugier Collection sale at Christie's on November 4 was an important inspiration to Pablo Picasso, who captured its semi-circular mouth with the pointed tongue in several of his paintings, in
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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.