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A Dedicated Ruth Asawa Space Is Coming to San Francisco
Complementing the artist’s various public works throughout the city, her family-run estate's forthcoming gallery comes on the centenary of the artist's birth year.
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Dutch Museum Discovers 8-Inch Ancient Roman Phallus
The bone carving was found in a forgotten collection of 16,000 boxes containing various archaeological finds at the Valkhof Museum.
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Lebanese Artist Accuses Israel of War Crime for Strike That Killed His Parents
“We have to break this cycle of impunity," Ali Cherri, who filed a complaint against Israel in France’s War Crimes Unit, told Hyperallergic.
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POC Arts Nonprofits Face Severe Staffing Challenges, Survey Finds
A new report by Museum Hue sheds light on the difficulties faced by dozens of museums and cultural centers led by people of color in the Northeastern states.
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Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88
His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery.
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Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation?
A new bipartisan bill could help enshrine intellectual property rights and expand healthcare access for cultural workers.
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Brooklyn Museum’s Africa Collection to Get a Brand New Space
The new exhibition space will connect the art and historical legacy of Ancient Egypt and North Africa to that of the rest of the continent.
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Thieves Steal Paintings Worth $10M by Cézanne, Matisse, and Renoir
Italian police are searching for the works after a middle-of-the-night heist at a small museum outside of Parma.
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New Protest Art Lampoons Trump's Gaudy Bathroom Redesign
“In a time of unprecedented division,” reads a plaque, “President Trump focused on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln bathroom in the White House.”
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Marica Vilcek, Graceful Champion of Immigrant Artists, Dies at 89
Her namesake foundation has awarded over $17 million to advance its mission, including unrestricted cash awards for researchers and artists across disciplines.
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UK Museums Hold Over 260,000 Human Remains, Report Finds
A new exposé from the Guardian details extensive holdings of human remains from former British colonies, as well as potential mishandling of body parts.
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New School Faculty React to Plans to Lay Off 15% of Workforce
"There's an air of anxiety," Carrie Hawks, an assistant professor of illustration, told Hyperallergic of the newly announced cuts.