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Noguchi Museum Staff Unionizes to Oppose New Dress Code

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Noguchi Museum Workers to Unionize Workers at the Noguchi Museum in New York City are undertaking a comprehensive initiative to unionise, encompassing all personnel regardless of their department or designation, including administrative, curatorial, education, and visitor services. The museum’s staff have submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board to establish a union in […]

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What Makes Trees Don’t Eat Their Own Fruits a Unique Commentary on Labor and Environment?

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Trees Don't eat their own fruits at Jehangir art gallery

Fundamentally, a project-induced work of art by Ashish Kumar Maurya, Trees Don’t Eat Their Fruits, was inaugurated on December 23, 2024, by well-known artists Prithvi Soni, Kamal Jain, Anil Naik, Prof. Vishwanath Sable and Prakash Bal Joshi along with art collector Nitin Jadia at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. This solo exhibition speaks for resilience, community,

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Ex-Israeli Embassy in Dublin May House Palestinian Art

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Palestine Museum US Eyes Israeli Embassy After a successful pop-up event in Ireland, the director of the Connecticut-based Palestine Museum US, Faisal Saleh; a Palestinian-American entrepreneur; is optimistic about transforming the former shuttered Israeli Embassy into its “permanent European headquarters.” In a statement given to The Art Newspaper, he exclaims, “We want to change what

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Italian Authorities Recover €8 Million Worth of Etruscan Artefacts From Two “Amateur” and “Clumsy” Tomb Raiders

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Italian Authorities Recover Etruscan Artefacts Italian officials have now recovered valuable artefacts, dating back to the 3rd century B.C. These were reportedly stolen from an Etruscan burial site in Umbria by a couple of “clumsy” and “amateur” tomb raiders who accidentally discovered the treasures on their property. Authorities confiscated the artefacts from two business owners

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Zilia Sánchez Dominguez; Artist of the “Sensual Contours”; Passes Away at 96

Artist Profile, Obituary /

Zilia Sánchez Dominguez Dies at 96 Zilia Sánchez Dominguez (b. July 12, 1928) was a Puerto Rican artist, originally born in Havana, Cuba. She began her career as a set designer and an abstract painter for theatre companies in Cuba before the Cuban Revolution (1953 – 1959). Her work has been showcased in Brooklyn, Miami,

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Christie’s Experienced a 6% Decline in 2024’s Annual Sale

art market, art market news, News /
Paris Wrap report Oct 2023 3520

Christie’s Declining Annual Sales 2024 marks another year in a row for Christie’s declining annual sales, when the auction house announced its projected results on Tuesday, December 17. Since a few sales are yet to be final, all the totals shared are mere estimates. In total, Christie’s generated $5.7 billion this year from live, online,

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Naomi Beckwith Signs on as the Curator for 2027 Documenta 16

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Documenta Unveils its 2027 Event’s Curator – Naomi Beckwith Naomi Beckwith became the first Black woman to curate the Quinquennial exhibition, Documenta 16 since its inception in 1995. She is also the second American-born curator, following Italian-American curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in 2012; to oversee the event taking place throughout the city. The 2027 edition of

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Sumit Sanyal on Documentary Photography: Insights from an Exclusive Interview and His Award-Winning Work at Homo Ludens

Interview /

The intersection of art, culture, and play finds a compelling voice in Homo Ludens: Art of Play, an exhibition that celebrates the universal joy of play through diverse artistic expressions. A collaborative effort between the Museum of Goa (MOG) in Pilerne, North Goa, and the Netherlands’ LaLa Foundation, the exhibition explored how the concept of

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Claire Tabouret to Make Notre Dame Cathedral’s Stained Glass Windows

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A Portrait of Claire Tabouret

Claire Tabouret To Provide Notre Dame’s Contemporary Design French artist Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create new contemporary stained glass windows for the recently refurbished Notre Dame Cathedral. A 20-member committee selected her from eight finalists and shortlisted 110 artists. The committee included artists, conservators, and representatives, such as President Emmanuel Macron and Laurent

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