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CalArts and Student Protesters Reach Agreement on Divestment
A student committee will work with the school to divest from funds linked to human rights violations following campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Curator Cleared of Charges After Transporting 1,500 Scorpions Out of Turkey
Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History was accused of smuggling scorpions and spiders in his luggage.
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Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork From Website
The festival took down the artwork submission after a petition said its title, “From the River to the Sea,” was antisemitic.
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Is Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Work a Copy?
Cattelan's new installation of gold panels punctured by bullets resembles works that artist Anthony James has been making since 2011.
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Remembering Indie Rock Icon Steve Albini
Albini may be best known for his work on Nirvana’s In Utero, but it was his own bands, Big Black and Shellac, that made him a badass.
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Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine at Cooper Union
The action drew connections between the student mobilization for Gaza and the Free Cooper Union movement in 2011.
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RISD Gaza Solidarity Encampment Dissolves Ahead of Expulsion Threats
Students renamed the art school’s Washington Place building after the late Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben, who died in Gaza in February.
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All-Women Show Considers Becoming a Bathroom to Exclude Male Visitors
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is considering turning it into a toilet — or a bible study.
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Art Alluding to Pro-Palestine Slogan Nixed From Miami Beach Display
Hundreds signed a letter in support of Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ after Oolite Arts removed their work, which referred metaphorically to the phrase “from the river to the sea.”
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Providence College Cancels Exhibition Over "Anti-Catholic" Artwork
Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.”
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Workers at Maryland’s Glenstone Museum Move to Unionize
Staff at the private contemporary art museum, founded by billionaires Mitchell and Emily Rales, say they want fair wages and an improved work environment.
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Bard College to Get Massive New “Keith Haring Wing”
The late artist left a legacy at the school when he gave a lecture in 1981 and drew one of his iconic motifs on a wall.