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CalArts and Student Protesters Reach Agreement on Divestment

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LOS ANGELES — The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Santa Clarita announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with the school administration regarding disclosure and divestment “from entities and funds that contribute to human rights violations.” The news follows nearly two weeks of […]

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Curator Cleared of Charges After Transporting 1,500 Scorpions Out of Turkey

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An American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) curator who was detained at the Istanbul Airport after allegedly attempting to carry scorpions and spiders out of Turkey has been exonerated and released. Lorenzo Prendini told Hyperallergic that he was cleared of all charges yesterday by a Turkish judge. News of Perdini’s arrest broke on Monday, May

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Vilcek Foundation to Award $300,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Artists and Curators

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The Vilcek Foundation is currently hosting a call for applications for two prizes: The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts, and The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work.  The foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 in each category to early-career immigrant professionals in 2025. Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply

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The New York Choral Society’s The Unicorn Explores LGBTQ+ Identity and Defiance

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The New York Choral Society closes its 65th season with a powerful and timely production: The Unicorn. This provocative restaging features rarely performed works from the 1950s by Leonard Bernstein and Gian Carlo Menotti. EMERGE125, the Black female-led hub for dance performance, actor Sam Turlington, countertenor Chuanyuan Liu (in the role usually sung by a Soprano),

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Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork From Website

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Burning Man has removed a pro-Palestine artwork from its website days after a Change.org petition called to take it down. The petition’s authors said the work’s title, “From the River to the Sea,” constituted “language that advocates for the annihilation of Israel.” The sculpture was conceived as an 8-by-14-foot fiberglass installation in the shape of

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Is Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Work a Copy?

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Left: Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan: Sunday at Gagosian Gallery (© Maurizio Cattelan; photo by Maris Hutchinson, courtesy Gagosian)Right: Anthony James at his exhibition Shots Fired at Opera Gallery (photo courtesy Opera Gallery) On April 30, two exhibitions featuring metal sheets marred by torrents of gunfire went on display on opposite sides of Manhattan. In

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The Musical Science of Melvin Way’s Enigmatic Art

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Sometimes recognition comes too late: Melvin Way passed away this past February at the age of 69, just months before his first solo exhibition. The artist’s densely composed drawings featuring mathematical and scientific notations have been exhibited in many group shows in recent years. However, the extensive CO2 Blues at Andrew Edlin Gallery offers the

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“World’s Largest Bronze Gorilla” Lands in Connecticut

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GREENWICH — A permanent 5,000-pound gorilla sculpture is the biggest thing to happen to Greenwich, Connecticut, since Congress passed President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. But this ape is never bored. Children have been joyously scrambling onto “King Nyani (BIG)” (2021), a 23-foot-long, 8-and-a-half-foot-tall primate, who has been reclining on the grounds

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