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Venice Canal Mysteriously Turns Green, Egypt Finds Mummification Workshops, and More: Morning Links for May 30, 2023
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Ilya Kabakov, Pioneering Installation Artist and Gimlet-Eyed Critic of Russia, Dies at 89
Ilya Kabakov, an artist whose expansive works sharply directed their aim at the imploded dreams of the Soviet Union, ushering in new...
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25 Pathbreaking Asian American Artists Whose Names You Need to Know
As Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month winds down, it’s important to note how many AAPI artists, architects, collectors, and...
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Climate Activists Charged by Feds After Smearing Paint on Degas Work’s Case at National Gallery of Art
The two climate activists who protested at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in April by smearing paint on the base and case of...
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Italian Police Recovers 3,586 Artifacts from Looters in Long-Term Operation
Italian police say they have recovered more than 3,500 artifacts as the result of a long-term operation involving hundreds of officers. The...
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Kara Walker Receives Major Commission from SFMOMA
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced earlier this week that it has commissioned Kara Walker to create the first...
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The Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision Just Changed the Future of Art
For close to 30 years—up until last week—courts have wrestled with the question of when artists can borrow from previous works by focusing in...
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Joan Brown Retrospective Places the Enthrallingly Personal Painter in the Pantheon
Paint wielded by Joan Brown seems to have been purpose-built and mission-driven, especially when that mission involved dressing down painting’s...
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Florida Man Crashes into 13-Foot Hunt Slonem Sculpture, Second Act of Art Vandalism This Month
Derek Alan Modrok, a 49-year-old Florida resident, admitted to running his car into a tall, blue sculpture of a rabbit titled Thunderbunny by...
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After Completing Its Six-Year Initiative, Agnes Gund’s Art For Justice Fund Gives Major Grant to Center for Art & Advocacy
Since 2017, when collector and philanthropist Angus Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s Masterpiece (1962) for $165 million to...