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The trial of feminist punk group Pussy Riot has attracted global attention and has exposed Russia's hardline against freedom of expression and dissent. Today, the trio of band members have been found guilty by a Moscow court of "hooliganism" and that they had "crudely undermined social order."
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A week ago, voters in Michigan's Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties passed a millage to help save the Detroit Institute of Arts from a dire financial situation. And then, I guess to celebrate, they all went to the museum.
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Those who've been following the news out of Russia know that three members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot are currently on trial for rushing the altar and playing an anti-Putin song in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The women called their song, which is titled "Virgin Mary, Chase Putin
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The Turkish government has admitted that some 202 artworks are missing from the State Art and Sculpture Museum in Ankara. The Culture and Tourism Ministry waited until last week to release details of a report conducted in 2010, which found that of the 202 missing pieces, 46 objects had been replaced
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A Scottish airport has backtracked on its decision to cover up a poster promoting an exhibition at the Scottish Museum of Modern Art that featured Picasso's "Nude Woman In a Red Armchair" (1932).
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The proposed millage to help keep the Detroit Institute of Arts afloat passed all three counties yesterday — woohoo!
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Hyperallergic devotees may remember that the Occupy Wall Street Arts & Culture Working Group camped out at our headquarters for a two-month residency earlier this year. Now Occupy with Art, an affiliate of the working group, is taking up residence for three months at Bat Haus, a new coworking space
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In a fairly abrupt turnaround, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art announced yesterday that it will hire a new chief curator, after the controversial resignation at the end of June of Paul Schimmel, who held the chief curator position for 22 years. Originally, MOCA had announced that it would
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Australian-born New York art critic Robert Hughes passed away today at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx after a long battle with illness.
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This coming Tuesday, August 7, voters in the Metro Detroit area will be deciding not just the outcome of the usual political races, but also the future of the area's beloved art museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts. The DIA, which has been struggling financially for years, has proposed a 10-year mi
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The artist Christo appeared in Cañon City, Colorado, yesterday to announce the postponement of his controversial "Over the River" project. The 77-year-old artist did not give a new date for the project, saying only that the current legal issues need to be resolved before the work can go forward.
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The stories of tragedy continue to roll out of Syria, though some have been disproven or highly doubted as Western propaganda, many are certainly true and now we learn of the death of the Syrian sculptor, Wael Kaston, 46, who was killed earlier this week in Homs, Syria, under what is believed to be