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ACTIVISTS COVER PICASSO’S MOTHERHOOD WITH PHOTO OF PALESTINIAN MOTHER AND CHILD

October 15, 2024

Artforum - Just days after two young climate change activists were sentenced to prison for bringing awareness to their cause by tossing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 Sunflowers at London’s National Gallery...

Do Museums Need a Shopping Network for Art Donations?

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January 25, 2021

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NY Times - For art collectors interested in donating a work, one worry has long been that their gift, a valuable, possibly beloved, painting would end up in a museum basement, where many items from permanent co...

A night at the Louvre with Leonardo da Vinci

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September 18, 2020

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DW - One of the Louvre's most famous publicity stunts is the 2018 video "Apes**t," in which music stars Beyoncé and Jay-Z were seen dancing through the empty galleries of the most visited museum in the world. T...

The Whitney Reopens With 3 Powerhouse Shows

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September 11, 2020

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NY Times - When the museum closed in March, it was showing Agnes Pelton’s paintings and Mexico’s great muralists. Thankfully, these works are still up on the walls. - read more ...

The Africa Center Is Commemorating the End of Slavery in the US With a Three-Story Black Lives Matter Installation

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June 23, 2020

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Artnet - The Africa Center in New York is celebrating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end of slavery in the US, with a new 45-foot-tall window display proclaiming the message “Black Lives Matter.” - read m...

Want to See Michelangelo Again? The Vatican Museums Are Reopening Next Week

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May 15, 2020

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artnet news - What will reopening look like for the Vatican Museums, which have been closed since March 9? Mandatory face masks, temperature checks at entry, and strict social distancing requirements. - read mo...

Museums in China, South Korea, Japan Begin to Reopen After Coronavirus

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March 17, 2020

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Artnews - As the new coronavirus (Covid-19) continued its rapid spread throughout the world last month, governments in China, South Korea, and Japan ordered all national museums closed as an aggressive measure ...

Here are the museums that have closed (so far) due to coronavirus

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March 16, 2020

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The Art Newspaper- Museums and heritage sites across Italy, the country most affected by the virus after China, will be closed until at least 3 April following an emergency decree from the Italian government on...

The Inmaculada Concepcion church, built in 1841, is seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on January 7, 2020. - A strong earthquake struck south of Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020 followed by major aftershocks, the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series of tremors that have shaken the island since December 28. The shallow 6.4 magnitude quake struck five miles (eight kilometers) south of the community of Indios, the USGS said, revising down its initial reading of 6.6. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Puerto Rico’s Museums Face Devastating Losses After a Spate of Earthquakes Struck the Island

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January 14, 2020

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artnet news - Puerto Rico has experienced a series of increasingly strong earthquakes in recent days, culminating in a 6.4 earthquake on Tuesday that triggered a widespread blackout, leveled buildings, and kill...

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). "Nu dans le bain". Huile sur toile, 1936. Paris, musée d'Art moderne.

Images of 100,000 Artworks From Paris Museum Collections Now Freely Available to the Public

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January 14, 2020

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Hyperallergic - aris Musées announced yesterday that it is now offering 100,000 digital reproductions of artworks in the city’s museums as Open Access — free of charge and without restrictions — via its Collect...