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Chevron Says It Destroyed Public Art Piece in California Near Refinery
Last week, Chevron said that it had removed a public art project installed on a fence near the company’s refinery in Richmond,...
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Dutch Court Sends Crimean Artifacts to Ukraine, Takashi Murakami Talks AI, and More: Morning Links for June 12, 2023
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Ahead of Art Basel, Zurich Art Weekend Returns with Strong Offerings
For years, collectors, curators, and critics en route to Art Basel would often arrive to Switzerland a bit early to catch the latest on view in...
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Doug Aitken Makes His Own Western, an Eerie Film Installation About Oil and Placelessness
Doug Aitken’s latest work, HOWL , is a 15-minute, five-channel film about an unnamed town in the American West. It’s filled with epic aerial...
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Jean-François Belisle Named New Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada has announced Jean-François Belisle as its next director and CEO. Belisle will succeed interim director...
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As Museum Design Moves Beyond Starchitecture, New Blueprints Show Signs of the Future
For Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects , released earlier this year, writer and museum consultant András Szántó...
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‘They’re Trying to Erase Us’: Chevron Takes Down Public Art Piece
In the middle of the night on May 15, a public art project in Richmond, California, disappeared without a trace. The project, titled Fencelines...
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Gang Members Arranged Return of Stolen Gottfried Lindauer Paintings from New Zealand Gallery In Secret Prison Deal
Two paintings by Gottfried Lindauer, valued around $490,000 US ($800,000 NZD) that were stolen in 2017 were returned to police through a...
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A 6,000-Year-Old Slab of Carved Wood Predating Stonehenge Has Been Found in Berkshire, England
A crew of builders in Boxford, Berkshire, England stumbled upon a large chunk of carved oak over 6,000 years old while digging foundation...
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Fiber Is the New Painting: A Younger Generation of Artists Is Weaving and Sewing Personal Histories
South African artist Igshaan Adams trained as a painter at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town. Amid financial struggles in his mid-20s,...