‘Cultural innovation comes from the margins’—tales of artists pushing boundaries in 1960s New York
In books like The Dream Life and Make My Day, the longtime Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman has honed ...
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New videos of African cultural sites add contemporary context to Rockefeller Wing’s historical artefacts at the Met
The New York art world is abuzz with excitement about the reopening of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the ...
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The Waverley rules were designed to protect UK cultural heritage—are they having unintended consequences on the art market?
Just over a century ago, Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (around 1770) was lost to the British public by a sale ...
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‘Life is truly catastrophic’: as the humanitarian crisis worsens, Gaza’s artists and cultural figures are losing hope
As Israel’s blockade of Gaza enters its third month, the United Nations and its partners have warned of a deepening ...
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Gallery Weekend Berlin’s director on the city’s changing cultural landscape: from funding cuts to censorship
Amid the city-wide demonstrations and jubilation of 1 May Labour Day, Gallery Weekend Berlin (GWB) opened its 21st edition (until ...
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Unesco beefs up protection for cultural heritage in Ukraine
Unesco is stepping up measures for safeguarding cultural heritage in Ukraine by granting “provisional enhanced protection” to two more cultural ...
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Candida Gertler steps down from Outset Contemporary Art Fund citing ‘alarming rise of antisemitism’ in cultural spaces
Candida Gertler, the co-founder of the Outset Contemporary Art Fund, has resigned from the organisation's board of trustees as well ...
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The History of Bitcoin: Price, Tech & Cultural Impact
The Important Bits- Bitcoin was introduced in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, with the white paper detailing a ...
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New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects
Laurie Cumbo, the commissioner of New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), announced on Thursday (22 August) that more ...
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Release of Olena Pekh highlights plight of other Ukrainian cultural workers languishing in Russian prisons
The release on 28 June of the Ukrainian museum researcher Olena Pekh from Russian captivity, has shed light on the ...
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