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Museum looting in Egypt, Norman Foster leaves Moscow project, Ed Ruscha joins SFMOMA board, Mike Kelley retrospective, and more.
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German Court Protects Rights of Nazi-Saluting Artist
A German court ruled yesterday that Berlin and Hamburg-based conceptual and performance artist Jonathan Meese had not violated the country's notoriously strict anti-hate laws in his performances of the Nazi salute.
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Jasper Johns Assistant Charged With $6.5M Theft of 22 Unauthorized Works
According to documents released this morning, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the New York Office of the FBI have charged a former studio assistant to Jasper Johns with the theft of 22 "unauthorized" Johns works. The assistant, 51-year-old James Meyer of
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Researchers Discover the Oldest Petroglyphs in North America
Petroglyphs in western Nevada have been identified as the oldest of their kind in North America. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a study that dates the rock carvings to between 10,500 and 14,800 years ago.
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World's Most Valuable Coin Goes on Display at New-York Historical Society
There are few coins as fabled at the infamous 1933 Double Eagle. It is a fascinating story of government and gold, but with a twist.
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Getty Museum Sets 4,600 Images Free
Yesterday, the J. Paul Getty Trust announced that they will be "making roughly 4,600 high-resolution images of the Museum’s collection free to use, modify, and publish for any purpose."
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Sculptor Ruth Asawa passes away, graffiti gentrification in London, a tourist breaks of a Florence statue's finger, and more...
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Orson Welles: Lost and Found
The only surviving copy of Orson Welles' 1930 silent film Too Much Johnson was long thought totally lost after a fire devastated Welles' home outside Madrid in 1970, yet yesterday the George Eastman House not only announced it had been recovered, but that a screening would be held this October.
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Detroit Emergency Manager Was the One Who Called Christie's
The Detroit News has reported that it was Emergency Manager Kevin Orr who brought in Christie's to appraise the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) collection. Orr, who in turn claimed that he is acting on behalf of creditors, has come under fire in recent weeks for his seemingly cavalier treatment of t
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Vermeer the Movie, Coming Soon
The painter Johannes Vermeer is known for his incredible treatment of light and the almost photographic realism of his 17th-century scenes. How did he do it without the use of a camera, which was invented some 150 years later? That was the question driving Texas man Tim Jenison when he went on a que
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Artists Protest Federalization of Brazilian Museum
A month and a half ago, Brazil lit up with protests as a million people took to the streets. The country is due to host the World Cup in less than a year (and the Olympics in less than three), but many Brazilians are increasingly unhappy with their government in the face of the impending soccer tour
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This week, NYC's $50M Culture Shed, Pussy Riot denied bail, Smithsonian and Trayvon Martin, JFK airport demolishing Pan Am Worldport, London's Independent cuts Sunday culture critics, and more.