Lucy makes curator target of criticism
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Dirk Van Tuerenhout last made headlines for his role in returning a priceless artifact to its homeland. This time, he's making headlines for doing just the opposite.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A new exhibition opens in London on Wednesday aiming to shine new light on an influential but short-lived British art group that outraged the stuffy Edwardian art establishment at the start of the 20th century.
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Concerns over director Arnold L. LehmanÂs new strategy and direction have led to recent resignations of three veteran curators and of two board members.
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Lucy, the world&#39;s most famous fossil, took on a new role as international tourist when she went on public display this week for the first time outside Ethiopia since her discovery in 1974.
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A painted pink elephant, part of an exhibition by artist Banksy, is condemned by officials in Los Angeles.
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'Lucy' goes for the soft sell NSFW Thanks very much to reader Nick L for alerting us to a rather strange eBayer who has decided to deploy her not inconsiderable assets as a sort of mammary display stand. Try this "auction" for a Panasonic CD player front panel:â¦
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Controversy surrounding a current art exhibition (earlier reports here) being held in Berlin has deepened after an unusual stunt pulled on Wednesday by a German gymnast, said to be protesting over the dark legacy which is attached to the artworks on
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Some literary-minded bloggers seemed a little piqued at comments on their hobby made by Doris Lessing in her Nobel lecture this month.
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A debate over an anthropologist's book on ancient Hebrew history isn't just academic &#151; it's spilled over into an online dispute between critics trying to keep her from getting tenure and supporters who say the effort stifles scholarly freedom.
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Supporters say it&#39;s one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world. Opponents call it the moral whitewashing of blood money.
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The Guerrilla Girls, a group that protests what it calls âsexism and racism in politics, the art world, film and the culture at large,â sent an open letter to the philanthropist Eli Broad saying that female and minority artists are inadequately represented in the exhibition at the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and in the collection of Mr. Broadâs private foundation. In a posting on the groupâs Web site, guerrillagirls.com, the organization claims that of the 30 artists in the inaugural exhibition at the Broad Museum, 97 percent are white and 87 percent are male. Similarly, the group says that of the 194 artists in the collection of the Broad Foundation, the nonprofit organization that acts as a âlending libraryâ for Mr. Broadâs art holdings, 96 percent are white and 83 percent are male. That, the group said, is âan insignificant number of women and artists of color.â A spokeswoman for the Broad Foundation did not immediately return phone calls or reply to an e-mail message requesting comment.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.- British artist Lucy Wood unveils her latest artwork "Map 272183" at the Metropolitan Police Gun Crime Conference in London 02 December, 2004.
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There are those who argue that most modern art is rubbish, but few critics take the view as literally as a cleaner at one of Britain's most prestigious galleries.
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In the literary corners of the Web, poets denounce T. S. Eliot and fans write new stories for Jane Austen's characters.
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The National Museum of the American Indian has much to boast of, but it tries to serve too many constituencies.
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Scientific testing of recently-found paintings supposedly by Jackson Pollock has cast doubt on their authenticity.
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy