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Return of Rare Lizard Specimen to Jamaica Renews Repatriation Debates
The giant galliwasp Celeste’s long-awaited homecoming has stirred wider conversations about the recovery of cultural and natural heritage in the Caribbean.
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Woman Charged in Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home
Anne Pasternak was one of four museum leaders whose homes were graffitied with anti-Zionist messages following a heavily policed pro-Palestine protest at the institution.
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Scientists Crack the Code of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster
New research into the pigments used in "The Night Watch" (1642) illuminates how the Dutch artist achieved his signature glistening details.
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American Museum of Natural History Repatriates Remains of 124 Native People
The institution holds the bodies of 12,000 individuals from communities within and outside the United States, the majority of which lack identification.
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What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?
Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.
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NYC Unveils 18-Foot Sculpture to Mark Breakdancing’s Olympics Debut
“Rappin' Max Robot” will spend a year in the South Bronx before going on permanent view at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad in Paris.
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No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper”
The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus.
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Artist Says LA Billboard Reproduces His Text Without Permission
“If it was another artist doing it, recycling it into an artwork, that’s different, but this is an ad campaign,” David Horvitz told Hyperallergic.
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Iowa Paves Path for Museums With Landmark Restitution of Benin Bronzes
The Stanley Museum of Art is the first North American institution to return the looted objects in its collection to the Benin Royal Court.
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Anne Imhof’s “Wish You Were Gay” Banners Vandalized in Austria
The German Artist called the vandalism outside the Kunsthaus Bregenz an "act of violent aggression.”
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Woman Caught Gettin’ It On With Florence Statue Sparks Outrage
City officials are searching for the woman after photos of her grinding and kissing a Bacchus sculpture went viral.
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Activists Disrupt Gallery Event, Alleging Palestine’s Erasure From Exhibition
Protesters say Greene Naftali selectively omitted elements from its show on the late German filmmaker Harun Farocki.