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Today’s Google Doodle Honors Educators for U.S. Teacher Appreciation Week

Especially in a pandemic, American educators have proven themselves to be almost relentlessly adaptable and dedicated to their students.

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Artist Yulia Tsvetkova, Accused of Distributing Pornography, Begins Hunger...

"And here's the big question, am I ready to die? I don't know," Tsvetkova wrote on Facebook.

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Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Japanese-American Writer Hisaye Yamamoto

Yamamoto survived being detained at a Japanese internment camp and went on to have a long career as a journalist and short story writer.

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Sotheby’s Will Now Accept Bitcoin and Ether as Payment for Physical Art

Sotheby's is highlighting this change with the upcoming sale of the Banksy piece "Love is in the Air."

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Cy Twombly’s Gray-Hued Take On Ancient Vandalism is Coming to Sotheby’s

Another Twombly painting from the same series sold for $70.5 million at auction in 2015.

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A Lithograph of Andy Warhol’s Iconic Campbell’s Soup Can Was Stolen in Manhattan

The lithograph and another painting by Jules Perlmutter were snatched from the back of a parked Porsche.

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David Zwirner Will Launch ‘Program,’ a New Livestreaming Event, in June

The launch will coincide with the debut of previously unseen work by Wolfgang Tillmans, Kerry James Marshall and others.

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Outsider No More, Niki de Saint Phalle’s First NYC Exhibition at MoMA PS1...

On till September 6th, 'Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life' dives into the prolific yet under-appreciated Saint Phalle's career.

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Kim Kardashian Has Been Asked to Turn Over Ancient Art That Was Looted from...

A sculpture Kardashian acquired from Axel Vervoordt Gallery in 2016 was illegally smuggled out of Italy, officials determined.

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Disabled Artists in New York City Can Now Apply for $1,000 Grants

The grants come at a time in which Mayor de Blasio is investing $25 million in employing NYC artists.

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The Return of Frieze New York at the Shed Proves That Nature is Healing

On Saturday, the Winklevoss twins could be seen appreciatively appraising the offerings at the Gagosian booth.

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A 2,000 Year Old Looted Statue of a Greek Goddess is Being Returned to Libya

Officials from the British Museum were asked to help identify the statue when it was seized at Heathrow in 2013.

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At Frieze New York 2021, Several Booths Sold Out Completely

In addition to sold-out tickets, David Zwirner was cleaned out of paintings by the artist Dana Schutz, and Canada also sold out completely.

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Katherine Bradford Tackles Motherhood With ‘Mother Paintings’ at Canada Gallery

The physical tax of caregiving is viscerally present in Bradford’s contorted forms: to care is to commit a feat of acrobatic and emotional prowess

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Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Head of a Bear’ Could Break an Auction Record for the...

Da Vinci created many animal sketches in his lifetime, but this bear in particular comes off as touchingly vulnerable.

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Christie’s Scores Another Huge NFT Sale With Larva Labs CryptoPunks

The CryptoPunks were first manufactured in 2017, long before NFTs became the hottest commodity on the art market.

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Rashid Johnson’s ‘Red Stage’ Is Coming to Astor Place, With Creative Time’s Help

The sculpture will be made available for artists and passerby to activate it in whichever way they see fit.

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David Hockney’s New Piccadilly Circus Artwork is Getting Dragged Online

Like with many things he's done recently, Hockney is believed to have made the latest design on his iPad.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Installed a Plaque Honoring the Lenape People

"We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities," the plaque reads in part.

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Alice Cooper is Auctioning Off an Andy Warhol Silkscreen He Forgot About for...

The Warhol was given to Cooper by his girlfriend Cindy Langa in the 1970s.

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