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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...

Hudson Yards centerpiece “Vessel” tops out

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December 16, 2017

Art and Technology

The Architects Newspaper - The 150-foot tall, bronzed-steel and concrete Vessel is designed to react to its surroundings in both material and function. Containing over 2,400 steps, 80 landings and 154 flights o...

Native American Artists Garner Recognition at Last

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December 16, 2017

Art and Culture, Artists

The Art Newspaper - Controversy over the disputed Cherokee identity of the artist Jimmie Durham—who is not enrolled in any tribe—has erupted this year as his major retrospective, organised by the Hammer Museum ...

Looking for America at Art Basel Miami Beach

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December 16, 2017

Art Fairs, Trending

Hyperallergic - The 16th incarnation of Art Basel Miami Beach was supposed to have “a new energy,” as Noah Horowitz, director of the Americas for Art Basel, told the New York Times. It’s true. The booths are la...

Why Experts Don’t Believe This Is a Rare First Map of America

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December 15, 2017

Uncategorized

NY Times - The map seemed to be an unbelievable find, an unknown fifth original of the rarest of documents, a vision of the world, circa 1507, by the famed German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. It features ...

Lasers and water gel used to restore Medieval altarpiece from Rimini

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December 15, 2017

Art and Technology

The Art Newspaper - Conservators at Frankfurt’s Liebieghaus museum are restoring the Rimini Altar, one of the best-preserved, largest and most exquisite late Medieval sculptural ensembles made from fragile alab...

German museums report 2.5 million drop in visitor numbers in 2016

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December 15, 2017

Art and Culture

The Art Newspaper - The number of visits to German museums fell by 2.2% in 2016 from the previous year, with museums focussed on art and cultural history bearing the brunt of the decline, according to the Germa...

A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art

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December 15, 2017

Art and Culture

Hyperallergic - “I think we can explore mathematics in different ways,” game developer Mahdi Bahrami told Hyperallergic. “If someone is not able to solve an equation on paper, that doesn’t mean he she is bad a...

Stephen Shore at MoMA

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December 13, 2017

museum watch, Museums, Trending

By Sara Blazej Artery Exclusive The expansive career of photographer Stephen Shore, which began at an early age and was cast in good luck and youthful hubris from the start, is laid out in great detail acros...

Megan Vun Wong: Vicissitude

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December 2, 2017

Spotlight

Viewing Megan Vun Wong's work in order to identify its various notations and marks, an attempt to "read" it for it's near associational messages might be time well spent for some people. And yet it would be far...

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