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Armed Groups in Haiti Ransack National Library
The institution holds a collection of rare books, manuscripts, and newspaper archives significant to the Caribbean nation’s history and heritage.
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Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice
Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.
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Meet the Studio Museum’s 2024 Arts Leadership Cohort
Eight New York-based curators, all early- or mid-career, were selected for the institution’s new program for art workers of color who focus on Black cultural production.
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This Phone App Lets You Capture a Solar Eclipse
Scientists at Western Kentucky University are inviting the public to snap photos of the dazzling phenomenon to gather data about the sun’s shape and internal structure.
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NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets Its Very Own Street
“SVA Way” was unveiled last week on East 23rd Street in Manhattan near the school’s long-running Gramercy Gallery.
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Artist Attacked in Italy Over Painting of Jesus Receiving Oral Sex
A masked assailant slashed Andrea Saltini's artwork, which Catholic groups have deemed “blasphemous,” and then turned the blade on the artist.
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California Legislators Push Law to Help Heirs Recover Looted Art
Assembly Bill 2867 was inspired by a recent ruling in the dispute over a Pissarro painting that was looted from a Jewish family during World War II.
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Activists Create Life-Sized Cyanotype in Trans Solidarity Action
Artist Cassils led “Etched in Light,” a participatory visual art and sonic performance in Washington, DC this weekend.
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Activists Cover Up Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi’s Rapist in Italy
Advocates drew attention to Italy’s domestic violence and femicide crisis and denounce the Palazzo Ducale’s controversial “rape room” exhibition.
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NYC Is Looking for Artists to Honor Four Influential Women
Helen Rodríguez Trías, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Billie Holiday, and Katherine Walker will get their own monuments in the city.
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Newly Discovered Gecko Species Named After Vincent van Gogh
Cnemaspis vangoghi, found in the forests of Tamil Nadu, reminded scientists of "The Starry Night" (1889).
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Warhol “Mao” Screenprint Mysteriously Missing From California School
The 1972 work was last seen in a secure vault at the Orange Coast College's Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion before workers reported it unaccounted for.