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UPDATE 35: Sun Jan 30, 10:29am EST: … In a shocking development, the former director of the Egyptian Museum, Wafaa el-Saddik, in an interview published on German publication Zeit Online has said that the individuals responsible for the looting at the National Museum included the institution's own gu
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CONTINUING COVERAGE … UPDATE 24: Sat. Jan 29 12:43pm EST: Al-Jazeera has broadcast video of the damage at the National Museum, aka Egyptian Museum. The strange thing about these images is that they demonstrate that the damage is certainly more than a few mummies, which is what Reuters reported that
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Al-Jazeera is reporting a troubling development at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Qatar-based news network has been extensively covering the political protests that have engulfed Egypt, causing the country to cut off the internet to those within its borders. Al-Jazeera has been showing images of
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Davos, Switzerland — ModernARTization: Art and Philanthropy Changing Societies. Yes, it's a mouthful, and I also don’t know what it means, and the presentation didn't help. Organizer and philanthropist, Victor Pinchuk, hosted a gathering at the Morosani Schweizerhof Hotel in Davos, Switzerland to di
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The Smithsonian's Board of Regents, the highest administrative body of the organization, will be meeting on Monday January 31st with Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough to discuss his decision to censor David Wojnarowicz's “A Fire in My Belly” from the National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek exhibit
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After numerous nasty incidents post-9/11 when the US government's rush to take away rights caused countless problems for people taking photos in public, today we have good news for photographers, artists, tourists, and camera enthusiasts across America.
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There's a pile of sunflower seeds on sale at Sotheby's upcoming February 15 Contemporary Art Evening Auction, and it's going for an equally large pile of money. How does $120,000 for 100 kilograms of seeds sound? But these aren't just any seeds: they're the same hand-crafted porcelain replicas that
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In what almost sounds like an obituary for the Jersey City Museum, The Star Ledger is reporting the following about the ailing art institution: " … what may be the best contemporary art collection in the state, is so strapped for cash that it can’t keep the lights on." So, what is happening at the N
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The Bowery isn't the first place in New York you'd think of to run into a Baroque Old Master painting, but then when the “old master” in question is actually one of the pre-modern era's only iconic female artists, maybe a little bit of downtown attitude should be expected. “Portrait of an Unidentifi
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Today marks the first (and only) full week of the world's first online-only art fair. Ending on January 30, the VIP Art Fair has already begun to make waves. How is the fair fairing? Well, visitors are having mixed results. Due to heavy traffic the fair's website has been loading slowly, harshing th
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Los Angeles — With a cardboard cross and draped coffin, a group of activists and artists assembled in front of downtown LA's Millennium Biltmore Hotel to stage a “Funeral Procession of Free Artistic Expression,” where Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough was speaking as part of the Town Hall Los Angel
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Today is the day that Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough is going to face the press in Los Angeles to answer questions related to the Wojnarowicz censorship case. I'm sure there will be lots of news from the event, particularly since LA Raw will be protesting [http://hyperallergic.com/17125/la-raw-p