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Part-Time Faculty Protest Conditions at the New School
On Monday protesters gathered outside the New School (TNS), a university in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to demand better conditions for the school's part-time faculty.
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Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Stage Die-In at the Armory Show
On Saturday a group of artists and activists staged a protest at the Armory Show art fair, performing music, poetry, a dramatic reading of Eric Garner's last words, and staging a die-in.
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Angered Archaeologists Allow Thousands to Enter the Louvre for Free
On Thursday about 100 peeved archaeologists took over the lobby of the Louvre in Paris, blocking the ticket booths for nearly five hours and allowing visitors to enter the museum without paying admission.
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At London's National Gallery, Staffers Strike and Visitors Carry On
LONDON — On February 4 from 9 to 11 am the National Gallery of London witnessed the second episode in a five-day strike by museum staff and members of the Public and Commercial Services Union
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Tate Reveals Surprisingly Low Sum of BP Sponsorship Deal [UPDATED]
After years of legal wrangling, the Tate museums group has finally disclosed the details of its sponsorship agreement with oil company BP.
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Charges Against Metropolitan Museum Protesters Dropped
The charges against three members of the Illuminator crew who were arrested following an action at the Metropolitan Museum in September 2014 and charged with "illegal advertising" have been dropped.
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Macedonian Protesters Say No to Architectural Kitsch
Two nights before New Year's Eve, more than a thousand Macedonians gathered in the snow to hold hands and form a ring around a large shopping mall in the capital city of Skopje.
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Any Art You Make Can and Will Be Used Against You
Of the 331 people arrested amid last week’s massive New York protests, one is an especially unlikely suspect: Eric Linsker, a poet and adjunct writing professor at the City University of New York.
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A Scramble to Save Protest Art, from Ferguson to Hong Kong
The protests in Hong Kong and Ferguson, like so many others, were both characterized by a strong presence of artists. Members from both communities are now rallying to save these creations.
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Hundreds Take to the Streets to Seek Justice for Artist Killed by Miami Police
MIAMI — This evening, amid the well-kept art fairs and glitzy parties of Miami Art Week, some 300 people — possibly as many as 600, according to some reports — descended on the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood to protest police brutality and the death of artist Israel "Reefa" Hernandez.
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Bodies in the Street: After the Eric Garner Decision
We are in Foley square at 6pm, some of thousands gathered the day after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict Daniel Pantaleo for murdering Eric Garner, for putting him in a chokehold that ended his life as Garner pled — 11 times that were caught on camera — “I can’t breathe.”
Opinion
#BlackLivesMatter vs #ArtBasel
MIAMI BEACH — Unsurprisingly, the best expression of the cognitive dissonance I'm once again feeling — living simultaneously in the real world and the art world, which feel so frustratingly far apart — comes in the form of a tweet.