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China archeologists dig up world history

October 12, 2017

Shanghai Daily - On a sunny, humid morning at an open area of tropical forest in Honduras, a group of 16 locals and two Chinese men are on an archeological dig. Suddenly a snake slithers in the debris. Frighten...

What Sold at Frieze London and Frieze Masters

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October 12, 2017

Art Fairs, Art Market

Artsy -If London’s 15th Frieze Week is any indication, the top of the art market appears to be humming along, while dealers in other sectors feel stuck in some sort of limbo, much like the country that hosted t...

Three artists awarded MacArthur “genius” grants

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October 12, 2017

Trending

The Art Newspaper -Three visual artists—Dawoud Bey, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and Trevor Paglen—are among the 24 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” award. As fellows, the artists each receive $625...

Google creates an online exhibit for contemporary art

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October 12, 2017

Art and Technology

Engaget - Some artists actually like it when you say "my four-year-old could do that," because it means you've a) questioned whether a work is art, and b) wondered why or why not. I just learned that from Googl...

Defending Tor – gateway to the dark web

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August 12, 2017

Art and Technology

BBC -I give him the benefit of the doubt - his arguably blasé attitude, I think, is a symptom of being consistently called upon to defend his creation.He is the co-creator of Tor, the most popular software avai...

Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul

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August 12, 2017

Spotlight

Hyperallergic — In early October 1889, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch left the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) for Paris. At age 25, he was more than ready to leave behind a scolding, pietistic father and the p...

Arlene Gottfried, Photographer Who Found the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, Dies at 66

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August 11, 2017

Spotlight

The New York Times - Arlene Gottfried, whose arresting images of ordinary people in New York’s humbler neighborhoods earned her belated recognition as one of the finest street photographers of her generation, ...

Listen to Recordings from PEN America’s Vast Archive

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August 11, 2017

Art and Technology

Hyperallergic - The PEN America Digital Archive launched on July 26 with over 1,500 hours of audio and video material newly accessible to the public, from the inaugural visit of Pablo Neruda to the United State...

How to See Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in 5 Museums at Once? Facebook

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August 11, 2017

Art and Technology

The New York Times -Five versions of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting will be showcased simultaneously on Facebook Live on Monday in a collaboration among art museums on three continents. -read more ...

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

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August 11, 2017

Art and Society

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...

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