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Christo’s Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons and It Floats

June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Art and Society, Trending

The New York Times - Wearing a hard hat and a cargo jacket, the artist Christo stood on a platform looking over the Serpentine lake one April morning and watched his latest creation come to life. As ducks glide...

How Art Museums Can Remain Relevant in the 21st Century

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June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Artsy - Last Spring Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), spawned calls for the painting’s destruction, an on-air discussion on the daytime chat show The View, and a protest within the Wh...

British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities

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June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Museums, Trending

The Art Newspaper - A forthcoming British Museum exhibition on Assyria will draw attention to the recent destruction of antiquities in Iraq. The show, which opens in November, is to focus on King Ashurbanipal,...

Manifesta 12 makes the most of Palermo’s botanical backdrop

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June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Trending

The Art Newspaper - On Saturday 16 June, the 12th edition of the nomadic art biennial Manifesta opened in the politically charged air of Palermo, Italy’s capital of culture for 2018. - Read More ...

Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectation

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June 1, 2018

Art Market, Trending

Artnet - Despite another—albeit low-key—protest outside Sotheby’s this morning, the sale of selected works from the Berkshire Museum of Art collection continued apace on Wednesday. Critics gathered with signs i...

Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles

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June 1, 2018

Museum News, museum watch, Museums, Theme Features, Trending

NY Times - After four years in the job and two months of intense speculation about his employment status, Philippe Vergne has confirmed that he is leaving his post as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art...

Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum nears completion in China

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June 1, 2018

Architecture, Theme Features, Trending

Design Boom - Shanghai-based firm atelier deshaus has completed the structural renovation of a concrete industrial building in china’s zhejiang province. once the interiors are also complete, the ‘taizhou conte...

Howard Hodgkin’s extraordinary final paintings go on show at Gagosian

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June 1, 2018

Artists, Theme Features, Trending

The Art Newspaper -For much of his long artistic career before he died aged 84 in March last year, Howard Hodgkin was renowned as a slow painter. The tale of his rich, colourful pictures’ long journeys to comp...

From Astrophysical Observatories to Abandoned Factories, Art Pop-Ups are Taking Over

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May 12, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Smithsonian Magazine - In 1971, at the height of the Cold War, renowned U.S. and Soviet scientists gathered at Armenia’s Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) to ponder what contact with alien life would me...

How Museums Handle Forgeries in Their Collections

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May 12, 2018

Art and Culture, Museum News, Museums, Trending

Artsy - Art forgeries are surprisingly common, to the point that scandals hit the news regularly. No one is safe from deception—forgers can be skilled enough to dupe experts at some of the world’s most prestigi...