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Blick Acquires Utrecht Art Supplies
Art supply consolidation alert! Blick Art Materials has acquired Utrecht Art Supplies from private equity firm Topspin Partners LBO for an undisclosed amount.
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Artspace Acquires VIP, Continuing the Art E-Commerce Wars
One of the ongoing narratives of the art world as of late is the fight over art’s presence on the internet — which company will be the first to make systematized online art sales mainstream? The field of contenders, which has ranged from 20x200 to Paddle8, Artspace, Artsy, VIP Art, and even Fab.com,
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Brazil Evicts Indigenous People in Violent Clash Over Sports Stadium
Brazilian police dressed in riot gear stormed an old museum in Rio de Janeiro last week with tear gas and pepper spray in order to evict some 20 indigenous people squatting there. The building, the former site of the Brazilian Indian Museum, is adjacent to the Maracanã stadium and set to be demolish
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The Allure of Czech Modernist Posters
Last Sunday, the Dutch Poster Museum in Hoorn, The Netherlands, opened its doors for a special exhibition of Czech Modernist posters from the collection of the Lowry Family of New York City.
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In Surprise Move, Trustees Boost LA MOCA’s Endowment to $60M
Though news stories have been swirling over the past week with the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s latest plans to survive — a possible dalliance with the National Gallery of Art here, a tryst with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art there — all the rumors have come to naught. Members of M
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An Ancient Symbol of Tolerance Goes on Its First American Tour
Back in the ancient world, whole clusters of ceremonial objects would be buried at a specific points in temple foundations, with a theorized reason being that these ritualistic items were believed to keep the buildings from ruin. While this didn't quite work in the longterm, as temples are as struct
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Did Chicago Public Schools Ban a Classic Graphic Novel?
In a strange and troubling move that looks suspiciously like censorship, Chicago Public Schools have removed Persepolis, a classic graphic novel that tells the story of author Marjane Satrapi's coming-of-age in Iran, from all seventh-grade classrooms.
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BIG Architects to Design LEGO Museum and Smithsonian Master Plan
Bjarke Ingels Group (or BIG), the Danish architecture firm helmed by its namesake, is getting even bigger. New plans to create a LEGO museum and develop the master plan for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., signal that the buzzed-about firm is on the cusp of becoming the world’s next bi
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The Met Will Open 7 Days a Week Starting July 1
The Metropolitan Museum director Thomas P. Campbell announced today that starting this summer on July 1, the museum will stay open every day of the week.
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Presenting the First Ever George W. Bush Painting Retrospective [UPDATED]
Now that former US President George W. Bush has been painting his retirement away, and his email is being hacked for a glimpse of the art he is producing, we thought it was time to give him a retrospective of sorts.
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Guggenheim Expands Chinese Art Engagement With New Curator and Commissions
The Guggenheim just announced that with the help of the Robert H. N. Ho Foundation, the museum will greatly expand its engagement with Chinese art and artists.
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$3 Chinese Bowl Sells for $2 Million
From the sheer amount of amazing Chinese pottery discovered at random tag sales, you'd think front yards were just crawling with thousand-year-old vases. Sotheby's just sold a Chinese bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty for $2.2 million. It was originally bought for a meager $3.