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Some Answers to Questions About Instagram's Nebulous Terms of Service
Just as the backlash against Instagram has been gaining steam, Instagram is finally coming forward to clarify what their new terms of service mean for users.
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Warhol's Mao Paintings Censored from Chinese Exhibitions
You can catch him on giant posters, on the walls of living rooms, and in sculptural bust form in restaurants, but there's one place in China you won't be seeing Chairman Mao this year — art museums. The Chinese government has removed 10 of Andy Warhol's Mao paintings from the mainland stops of the t
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Required Reading
This week, artists on Facebook, where children sleep, Oscar Niemeyer's architectural legacy, tax reform and arts giving, Canada's crowd-sourced art prize, how a Brit learned to speak American, some parallels between malls and wars, and more.
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As the Art World Turns … #NotReally
There's so much strange news this week in the art world, so we decided to give you a link list of the news bites #WithCommentary …
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Move Over Contemporary Art: Archaeologists 3D-Print Ancient Artifacts
On the heels of Hyperallergic's Hrag Vartanian predicting the rise of the 3D printed art object, Wired has a story about a project at Harvard in which archeologists are using the technology to recreate an ancient one.
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Scholar Unearths Two Long-Lost 1913 Armory Show Installation Photos
The 1913 Armory Show was a watershed moment, introducing American artists and the art-viewing public to the European avant-garde, including artists like Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Brancusi, and more. And now, just in time for the show's centennial next year, we know a little more about it, thanks to
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Corcoran Isn't Selling Its Historic Building, But May Seek Institutional Partners
Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art will be remaining in its historic building after all, backing off from plans it had been developing to sell its aging Beaux-Arts structure, which it has resided in since 1897, and move out to the city's suburbs.
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Cooper Union Students End Their Occupation
The 11 Cooper Union students who barricaded themselves in the school's Foundation Building clock tower have emerged, ending their occupation a week after it began.
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Cooper Union Responds to Occupation During Supporters' Day of Action
96 hours into the student occupation of the Cooper Union's historic clock tower, Jolene Travis, Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Media Relations at Cooper Union released a statement to the press and on Cooper's website today regarding the situation. The press release may have been timed to coin
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Student Protests at Cooper Union Continue into Fourth Day
Yesterday, over sixty students in solidarity with the eleven clock tower occupiers demonstrated outside at the school’s board of trustees meeting, where plans for charging tuition were discussed. According to The Local, three students managed to enter the boardroom before the doors were blocked by s
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Cultural Recovery Center to Open in Brooklyn on Dec 10
MIAMI — Today, the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC) announced that on Monday, December 10 they will be opening a temporary facility to provide volunteer assistance and work space to museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, galleries, co
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Student Occupiers Call for Cooper Union President's Resignation
Students for a Free Cooper Union held a press conference this afternoon, addressing a set of frequently asked questions regarding their occupation of the college’s Foundation Building. Undergraduate art students Rachel Appel and Audrey Snyder served as spokespeople for the 11 students occupying the