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Museums Agree to Curator Time Share
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) have made an unusual announcement. Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins will be purchasing 25% of the curator Nii Quarcoopome's time from the DIA.
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Fountain Art Fair NY Moving to 69th Regiment Armory
There's tons to look forward to this year in art, but the indie energy of the Fountain Art Fair in New York definitely tops our list. To sweeten the deal, Fountain has announced that this year's fair will take place at the historic 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue and 25th Street.
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As Whitney Biennial Approaches, Museum's Art Handlers Face Potential Labor Dispute [UPDATED]
First Sotheby's, and now the Whitney. While the Teamsters of Local 814 have been fighting with Sotheby's since August for a better contract, a new labor dispute has cropped up for the art handlers of Local 966 that work at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Occupy Museums Writes Letter to MoMA, Demands Stand on Sotheby's Lockout
On the heels of their rally at the Museum of Modern Art last Friday, the following focused and powerful letter arrived in our inbox 15 minutes ago from Occupy Museums.
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As New Landmark District Emerges in East Village, One Building is Left Behind
On Tuesday, a partial victory was made in preserving a part of New York City history. The Landmarks Preservation Commission announced a new landmark district on East 10th Street between Avenues A and B, which is lined with single-family homes dating back to the 1840s. The only issue: Building 315 th
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MLK Memorial Will be Corrected, Google Uses Faith Ringgold Drawing
Happy MLK day! As we celebrate the life of the Civil Rights leader, more controversy plagues the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial that was erected on DC's National Mall this summer. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the memorial's inscription will be corrected.
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As Chinese Artist Unseats Picasso, New Collectors Rise in China
Proof of the Chinese art market blowing up can no longer be denied. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that two Chinese artists Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and Qi Baishi (1864-1957) reign supreme in the art market, replacing Picasso as the top earner for 2011. Artprice has ranked Picasso as the highest g
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Hennessy Youngman's Hilariously Spot on Take on Damien Hirst
For the 10 people who haven't seen this video yet, I've decided to finally post it since I keep receiving emails and messages about it. Enjoy.
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Yoko Ono and Occupy Wall Street Collaborate On a Wish Tree Project
Occupy Wall Street's Arts and Culture group has so far been able to align itself with prominent artists and organizations around New York, and now Yoko Ono, a major inspiration for OWS you could say, will join the ranks.
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Babes at the Museum, the Marketing Campaign?
Thanks to Hyperallergic commenter Nick Fortunato, who left us a tip on our recent "Babes in Museum Land" post, we were directed to this story today of three French models stripping down in Paris' Musée d'Orsay for an Etam lingerie campaign.
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When Paintings Are Easily Reproduced
So far, the debate about artistic copyright has been safely in the realm of design and photography — with certain exceptions, of course — but how will that conversation change when anything can be easily reproduced and presented without proof of origin or even the original artist's touch?
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Nuns Lose a Long Legal Battle Against Two Art Dealers
Yesterday Antiques & the Arts Online reported on a group of nuns from the Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior and St Joseph's Chapel in Round Top, NY who have lost a long and bitter legal battle against local art appraiser Mark Zaplin and art dealer Mark LeSalle.