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National Park Service Awards $3 M. To 13 Tribes and 21 Museums To Aid Return of Native American Remains And Sacred Objects

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County received a grant of $87,867. Photo courtesy of NHMLAC. The National Park Service recently announced $3 million in grants to 13 Tribes and 21 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation, and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and …

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Visitor Numbers at the Louvre Fell Off Sharply Before and During the Paris Olympics

Visitors queue in front of the Louvre’s Pyramide. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images While crowds descended on the Château de Versailles, Eiffel Tower Stadium, and other venues during the Paris Olympics to watch sport, the world’s most visited museum emptied out. During the Games, between July 27 and August 11, attendance at the Louvre fell …

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2024 Fellowship Recipients

Gamaliel Rodríguez, The tropicalized notion of power , 2022. Courtesy the artist and Sperone Westwater, New York The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced the 15 artists chosen for its 2024 fellowships, which come with $60,000 in unrestricted grants over a five-year period. The artists chosen for the fellowship program this year are Scott Anderson, Michaela …

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Holographic Art Goes Mainstream, Monet Water Lily Painting to Make Auction Debut, British Museum Reveals Major Gift of Chinese Art, and More: Morning Links for August 22, 2024

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), ‘Water Lilies’, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images) To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES BAD PROJECTION. The “C-Project” sounds like a shady plan hatched by shady people in a budget sci-fi film. In reality, it’s not …

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Man Arrested in Connection With Suspected Arson at Baltimore Jewish Museum

Scorch marks left at the front gate of the Jewish Museum in Baltimore. Baltimore Jewish Council A man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland on August 4, Baltimore police announced Saturday. Assadollah Hashemi, 66, was charged with second-degree arson and first-degree attempted malicious burning. According to …

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British Museum Finds Itself Guilty of Breaking UK Law for Mistreating Collection After 2,000 Items Disappeared

The British Museum in London. David Liff/License: CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia The British Museum has finished investigating its own conduct and concluded that it broke the law after it discovered last year that thousands of artifacts had disappeared from its collection. The museum confirmed last December that around 2,000 items went missing and its top brass …

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Man Sues Museum of Ice Cream, Bronx Museum Director Quits, Judge Allows Artists’ Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Companies, and More: Morning Links for August 14, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 06: The young guests enjoy activities during the God’s Love We Deliver Young Hearts Friends Fest: Valentine’s Party at the Museum of Ice Cream on February 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for God’s Love We Deliver) Getty Images for God’s Love We D …

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The Armory Show Announces Partnership with the US Open for Third Consecutive Year

Eva Robarts’ sculpture Fantasy of Happiness (2022) Courtesy, The Armory Show, Ruttkowski;68 The Armory Show announced that they will once again partner with the US Open Tennis Championships to present sculptures and installations on the grounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the event.  The partnership is in its third consecutive …

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