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A UK Museum Called for Bored Curators to Offer Up Images of Art History’s ‘Best Bums.’ See the Cheeky Responses Here
15 July 2020 @ 5:54 pm
Museums all over the world submitted their finest fannies.
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The Venice Biennale Is Staging an Introspective Archival Exhibition This Summer About How Major Events in History Shaped Its Legacy
15 July 2020 @ 5:13 pm
The historically-focused show will look at how the biennale has responded to dramatic moments in the last century.
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A Photographer Spent Years Secretly Snapping Shots of New Yorkers’ Text Messages. See the Mortifying, Humorous, and Heartbreaking Images Here
15 July 2020 @ 2:59 pm
Jeff Mermelstein’s text message pictures make up his new book “#nyc,” out now.
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Inspired by the Works Progress Administration, a Novel Initiative Is Hiring Artists for Public Projects in Western Massachusetts
15 July 2020 @ 2:33 pm
Participating artists will be paid to work for at least six months at cultural hubs like MASS MOCA and Hancock Shaker Village.
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Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Will Be Kept In US Custody After His Fiancée’s Family’s Bahamas Real Estate Was Rejected as Bail Collateral
15 July 2020 @ 1:54 pm
Philbrick's mother also offered to put up her house in Connecticut as bond.
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Art Industry News: A Hapless Janitor Accidentally Erased Banksy’s Latest Artwork on the London Tube + Other Stories
15 July 2020 @ 1:35 pm
Plus, the V&A plans to reopen on August 6 in London and there's a battle brewing over royal art storage.
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After a Monument to a UK Slaver Was Toppled, Artist Marc Quinn Replaced It With a Glamorous—and Unauthorized—Statue of a Black Lives Matter Activist
15 July 2020 @ 10:59 am
The sculpture was installed without permission—and not everyone is happy about it.
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‘We Were Tired of Asking’: Why Open Letters Have Become Many Activists’ Tool of Choice for Exposing Racism at Museums
15 July 2020 @ 5:00 am
In the wake of the George Floyd protests, art workers across the nation have been writing open letters to advocate for change at museums.
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Hank Willis Thomas on How His Cousin’s Murder Inspired Him to Make Art That Drives Political Change—and Maybe, One Day, to Run for Office
15 July 2020 @ 5:00 am
The artist explains why his super PAC, For Freedoms, is also an artistic project.
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Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Has Been Formally Charged by US Authorities With Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
14 July 2020 @ 8:31 pm
Philbrick is reportedly in the same Oklahoma jail where "Tiger King" Joe Exotic was incarcerated until recently.
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