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The Museum of FIT refuses to comment on their controversial sponsorship deal with Israeli settlement-developer and (possible blood) diamond magnate Lev Leviev.
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A controversy is brewing in Switzerland, where French luxury label Lacoste has attempted to strong arm a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, to exclude Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from the Lacoste Elysée Prize.
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BBC reported this morning that a sculpture by sculptor Barbara Hepworth has been stolen in South London. Scrap metal thieves are suspected to be behind the theft, indicative of a growing problem with scrap metal theft in the UK. The bronze sculpture, titled "Two Form (Divided Circle)" from 1969, was
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According to Gothamist, an attorney representing the family of killed cyclist and artist Mathieu Lefevre has sent a scathing letter to the NYPD's Accident Investigation Squad, blasting the department's handling of the investigation
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Newly translated cuneiform texts are expanding what we know of Ancient Babylon. One depicts the only contemporary illustration of the Tower of Babel.
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La Libération newspaper has confirmed [http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012378369-l-institut-d-egypte-fonde-par-bonaparte-est-parti-en-fumee] that the 213-year-old Institut d'Égypte, which was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, has been ravaged by fire.
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Today, according to the Americans for the Arts, the US House of Representatives passed the final budget agreement for 2012, which cuts funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by 6%.
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News has been bubbling about yarn-bombing sensation Olek's recent legal troubles in London, but the situation still remains unclear. On Sunday, December 11, the artist sent out a Facebook message to a few friends, claiming that she will spend the holiday season "fighting for her freedom" and directi
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Since the raid on Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park last month, the movement and related working groups have been searching for a new space to call home. Many have had their eye on Duarte Square, a vacant lot on Sixth Avenue and Canal Street that is comprised of both public and private land. While
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Yesterday, performance artist Amber Hawk Swanson began her latest performance that was to feature the transformation of a life-sized sex doll of her likeness into a small replica of a bull orca at SeaWorld Orlando. Sure, the performance may sound out of the ordinary for veterans of the "there's noth
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Oh, postmodernism. You are history now. This fall, architect Michael Graves classic 1982 Portland building was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
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Today, ArtPrize, which bills itself as the most "radically open, international art competition and social experiment," announced it will be rejiggering its financial offerings to competitors with a more robust juried prize and less (but still) spectacular populist award.