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Major Changes are Afoot at the Corcoran

by Corinna Kirsch on April 4, 2013
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design is partnering with the University of Maryland and the National Gallery of Art. Details remain sparse, but the two separate arrangements are said to provide “significant cost savings” for the museum and school.

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The Tree That’s “Not About Gay Marriage” Gets Removed

by Corinna Kirsch on March 29, 2013
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The Menil has formally announced that The Art Guys’ controversial artwork “The Art Guys Marry a Plant” has been approved for de-accession. The Houston museum has rid itself of a troublesome artwork, which for years has been subject to vandalism and criticism as an emblem of gay marriage.

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Why Pay To See A Biennale Online? BiennaleOnline Explains

by Whitney Kimball on March 27, 2013
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If the VIP Art Fair didn’t find success in an event-based online model, will anyone else? BiennialeOnline is about to try. The exhibition opens to the public on April 26th with 180 artists, so we called up co-founder David Dehaeck, of the online art exhibition platform ArtPlus, with some questions.

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MOCA Claims It Will Triple Its Endowment

by Corinna Kirsch on March 27, 2013
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But where will this money come from? And when? And from whom?

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Jerry Saltz and Karl Rove Talk About George W. Bush’s Paintings on MSNBC

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 26, 2013
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How absurd can this story get?

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The Vatican Will Put On A Contemporary Art Exhibition At The Venice Biennale

by Corinna Kirsch on March 20, 2013
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Expectations run high with the 2013 Venice Biennale, which will include many “firsts” in the Biennale’s 110-year history. Possibly the strangest revelation yet, is that the Biennale will include a contemporary art pavilion by the Vatican. No, Hell has not frozen over.

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MOCA Reviews Merger Proposals, Trustees Offer A New Approach

by Corinna Kirsch on March 20, 2013
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Hold your horses, LACMA. It looks like MOCA will not be accepting your merger proposal after all.

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The FBI Steps Up Its Game To Solve A “Top Ten Art Crime”

by Corinna Kirsch on March 19, 2013
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Yesterday the FBI revealed new information in a case involving one of the largest and skilled art heists in history. 23 years ago, 13 paintings including those by Degas, Vermeer, and Rembrandt were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by thieves posing as Boston police officers.

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400 Art Critics Choose America’s Best Exhibitions

by Corinna Kirsch on March 19, 2013
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Today, over 400 members from the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA) honor what they believe are the best exhibitions of 2012. Strangely, the organization of art critics, scholars and curators chose some of New York’s biggest blockbusters for the top slots.

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