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The Tax Strategy That Fuels the Art Market That May Be about to End

November 10, 2017

Artsy - More art market participants than ever before now use a special tax strategy that enables them to defer paying capital gains taxes on the sale of art, making it an ever-more-important factor fueling art...

Petition to Remove University Mural Depicting KKK Rally Sparks Controversy

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November 10, 2017

Art and Society

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

Art and Society

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

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November 10, 2017

Art and Society

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

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November 9, 2017

Art and Society

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...

Sean Parker: Facebook exploits vulnerability in human psychology

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November 9, 2017

Art and Technology

CNET - Sean Parker, Facebook's first president, had some harsh words about the social network during an interview this week. - read more ...

Performa brings Francois Dallegret’s iconic “Environment-Bubble” to life

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November 9, 2017

Architecture, Art and Technology

Archpaper - In 1965, architect François Dallegret was commissioned by Art In America to write an article “A Home is Not a House,” with his new acquaintance, English architectural historian Reyner Banham. - rea...

Does Smoking Pot Make You More Creative?

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November 9, 2017

Art and Culture

Artsy -“Was there ever any fear that, by giving up the drugs, you lose a bit of the genius?” a young Jon Stewart asked his creative hero George Carlin in a 1997 interview. - read more ...

Ultra-rich will spend $2.7 trillion on art by 2026 says Deloitte

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November 9, 2017

Art Market

The Art Newspaper - The fifth Deloitte Art & Finance Report, released today at the firm’s conference in Milan, forecasts that the ultra rich will spend $2.7 trillion on art by 2026. - read more...

Japanese billionaire sends $110m Basquiat on ‘world tour’

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November 9, 2017

Art and Culture

The Art Newspaper - The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has sent his prized 1982 skull painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat on a world tour, just five months after he bought it for a record $110m (with fees) at...

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