The Earth is Flat at Carriage Trade
The Earth is Flat Carriage Trade
by Sara Blazej
Edited by Liam Davis
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In a 2013 speech at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., former president Barack Obama addressed a rapt public o...
In “Largest Return” in Central American History, Netherlands Sends 300+ Artifacts Back to Panama
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Extreme Floods in Pakistan Devastate Cultural Heritage Sites
Hyperallergic - News of catastrophic climate change has been dominated this week by an unprecedented monsoon season in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,000 people and impacted a significant majority of the ...
What Sold at New York’s Spring 2022 Auctions
artsy - On the same day that the Dow dropped 1,100 points, Phillips’s 20th-century and contemporary art evening sale netted a company best of $225 million in sales. Much was uncertain entering the spring New Y...
Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light
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Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Ousted From Tate Museums
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Arts Sector Shrank at Twice the Rate of US Economy During Pandemic, NEA Finds
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Iconic Warhol Marilyn Could Fetch $200 Million, Set Records for 20th-Century Art
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed “Like New”
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Farewell to Thierry Mugler, demiurge of fashion design as an art form
domus - From the power suits of the Eighties to the creations for Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian, Thierry Mugler has been the avant-garde creator of a theatrical and sensual approach to haute couture. Queer cultu...