Our Art History

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Remix!

The Henry Art Gallery in Seattle explores art appropriation this winter with its new exhibit, "Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture" The exhibition is...
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New Takes on Old Fakes

Museums should embrace the fakes in their collections. This summer in London, the National Gallery pieced together a fantastic exhibition, "Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and...
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa To Yale University: Return Artifacts to Peru!

Ecuador's president is supporting demands by neighboring Peru for Yale University to return thousands of artifacts removed from the Inca site of Machu Picchu a...
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Artist Alleges Restoration Work Runs Afoul of VARA

Artist David Ascalon alleges that in restoring his Holocaust memorial sculpture, David Grindle has significantly altered the meaning of the artwork. One change is the...
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FINGERPAINTING DA VINCI — AMAZING!

  CNN reported "A smudged fingerprint has convinced art experts that a painting thought to have dated back to the early 19th century is the...
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