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San Francisco “Start-Up” Museum Moving Into Former Bank Building for Free
The Institute of Contemporary Art will relocate into a building known as The Cube housed in a complex co-owned by Donald Trump.
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Rome’s Arch of Constantine Damaged in Lightning Strike
Italian authorities began conservation on the ancient monument after a storm caused part of the arch’s frame to collapse.
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MoMA Director Glenn Lowry Steps Down After 30 Years
His time at the helm of the New York museum is marked by protests against board members’ ties to fossil fuels, military violence, and mass incarceration.
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Turmoil and Resignations Over Palestine Support at Manhattan’s 92NY
Five workers resigned and one lost her job after the organization announced a policy against expressions of "politics or social issues," which they say disproportionately targets pro-Palestine views.
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Pioneering Body Expansion Artist Rebecca Horn Dies at 80
She leaves behind a six-decade oeuvre that explores the human body through versatile mediums.
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Noguchi Museum Terminates Three Workers for Wearing Keffiyehs
The gallery attendants refused to comply with the museum’s new policy, which they told Hyperallergic goes against their own values and those of the institution.
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Iconic NYC Art Squat-Turned-Nonprofit Is Getting a New Home
The arts collective ABC No Rio faced violent evictions at the hands of riot police and dozens of arrests in the years after its founding in 1980.
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Second Man Sentenced for Forging Anishinaabe Artist’s Paintings
Eight people have been charged for forging and selling thousands of works by the late artist Norval Morrisseau, including his own nephew.
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Titanic Expedition Uncovers Long-Lost Statue of a Woman
A voyage to the famous shipwreck pinpointed the location of a two-foot-tall bronze replica of the Louvre Museum’s “Diana of Versailles,” last photographed in 1986.
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Columbia University’s “Alma Mater” Sculpture Drenched in Red Paint
The action set the tone for another year of protests as the school refuses to meet student demands to divest from Israeli military interests.
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Cooper Union in NYC Announces Free Tuition for Seniors
But questions remain for community members who have long advocated for the reinstatement of free tuition for all students.
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California Man Sentenced for Smuggling 2,000-Pound Ancient Mosaic
The massive artifact was looted from Syria in 2015 and illegally transported to the US in a shipping container.