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Why the Getty Center’s Art Stayed Put as Fires Raged Nearby

December 16, 2017

The New York Times - Visitors come to the Getty Center in Los Angeles to see Vincent van Gogh’s irises and other great works. What they don’t see is the reason that these masterpieces could stay put while thous...

Why Exercise Makes You More Creative

Artery

November 29, 2017

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Artsy - “Sit as little as possible.” The advice, offered by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche over a century ago, sounds like it could have been cribbed from the Health section of the New York Times. He conti...

Thief walks out of Paris gallery with Botero’s Maternity statue

Artery

November 29, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - A bronze Fernando Botero sculpture, estimated to be worth €425,000, was stolen from Galerie Bartoux in an upmarket district of Paris earlier this month in broad daylight. Gallery staff beca...

Top Australian donors pull funding from Venice Biennale

Artery

November 29, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - An acrimonious rift over Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale in 2019 has split the upper echelons of the art world in the country, with wealthy and influential patrons pulling ...

Petition to Remove University Mural Depicting KKK Rally Sparks Controversy

Artery

November 10, 2017

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Hyperallergic - Recent national headlines have focused on Indiana University’s refusal to remove a Thomas Hart Benton mural depicting members of the Ku Klux Klan before a burning cross. The decision became a to...

Banksy Throws “Apology” Tea Party for Palestinians in Bethlehem

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November 10, 2017

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Hyperallergic - On Wednesday, Banksy organized an “apologetic” tea party for Palestinians outside his West Bank hotel to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour declaration, a statement of British government ...

Artist Charged with Public Offense to Religion in Italy Over Image of Aroused Jesus

Artery

November 10, 2017

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Hyperallergic - Anonymous artist Hogre wasn’t expecting to be arrested while checking their email at an internet café in Rome. Neither were they anticipating being charged under an archaic Italian law that puni...

Art Fair Director Replaced After Being Accused of Sex Harassment

Artery

November 9, 2017

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NY Times - Benjamin Genocchio, a prominent and influential figure in the art world, has been replaced as executive director of the Armory Show, a top international art fair, after five women who have worked wit...

The new generation of Chinese collectors shaking up the art world

Artery

October 12, 2017

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CNN - Michael Xufu Huang is hard to miss. In March of this year, the Chinese art collector turned heads at a Guggenheim party by showing up in a white leather jumpsuit. A week later, he swept through the VIP op...

The story behind the ‘controversial’ Picasso sculpture that became a symbol of Chicago

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August 11, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - Pablo Picasso was 85 when he gave the monumental untitled sculpture now famously known as The Chicago Picasso to the city in 1967. The work precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban...