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Art and Politics: Police-Baiting Penis Graffiti by Radical Voina Collective Wins $14K Russian "Innovation" Prize

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 The radical group beat out 25 finalists, with the jury swayed by the wide visibility that their stunt, "Cock in FSB Captivity," had achieved.

Art and Politics: Leaders of the Tate, MoMA, the Guggenheim, and Other Top Museums Join Art Figures in Demanding That China "Release Ai Weiwei"

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 An online petition, spearheaded by the Guggenheim, brings together some of the world's top art institutions.

The Daily Checklist: Sculptor John McCracken Passes Away, Vanity Fair Scion Joins Christie's, and Other Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Dallas Musuem of Art director Bonnie Pitman steps down.

Performing Arts: With a New CEO, Will the Oscars Get Even More James Franco-y?

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 The blockbuster-touting academy has picked Dawn Hudson, head of the non-profit Film Independent, to lead the organization, with Ric Robertson as COO.

Art and Politics: Ai Weiwei Faces Strange New Accusations in China as Supporters Rally in Hong Kong: The Latest Developments

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 Reports in the official Chinese media allege that the artist has committed plagiarism, and an obscenity smear has emerged as well.

The Daily Checklist: Christie's Plans Whole Series of Elizabeth Taylor Sales, Woody Woodpecker Revealed as Experimental Art Film, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Ab-Ex painter Hedda Sterne dies at 100.

Museums: Carlos Slim's Museo Soumaya: Money Can't Buy Taste

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 As the richest man in the world, the telecom tycoon could have created something more than a grab-bag of art and objects in a shiny, derivative building.

People: West Coast and Beyond Cool: An Appreciation of John McCracken

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 In the wake of the Los Angeles sculptor's passing, a look at his iconic life's work and the arc of his place in the art market.

Art & Crime: The Art of Squatting: New York Art Professor Teaches Students How to Live Off the Man

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 SUNY scholar Christopher Robbins has touched off a minor furor with his "Squat the Condos!" class.

Art Market: With Deadbeat Buyers Not Paying for Record Chinese Art Purchases, Auction Houses Begin Demanding Deposits

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 New collectors in China are proving reluctant to pay auction bills, so sellers are contemplating safeguards for their top lots.

Performing Arts: Edgy New Beijing Play Uses Fake Nudity and Flying Mud to Assail Chinese Materialism

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Meng Jinghui's experimental "Metamorphosis of Butterfly" is framed as a satire of morals in modern China.

Museums: Politics, Doubt, and Daskalopoulos at the Guggenheim Bilbao

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 At the opening of the museum's show of the Greek trustee's collection, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi labor controversy was in the air.

The Daily Checklist: Mikhail Baryshnikov Painting Leaps High at Sotheby's Sale, China Tried to Recruit Ai Weiwei Before Arrest, and Other Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Russia's Culture Ministry refuses to censor "disgusting" Voina art.

People: The Four Most Outstanding Moments of Glenn Beck's Crusading Art Criticism

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 As the fiery pundit parts with Fox, we look back at his unlikely achievements as a commentator on matters aesthetic.

Museums: Will the Queens Museum of Art's $65 Million Expansion Be a Blessing or a Curse?

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 Having failed to attract crowds with skate pros and ethnic food, the beloved institution looks to a showstopping redesign for salvation.

Performing Arts: Bruce High Quality Foundation Takes Art-School Conceptualism On the Road With Teach 4 America

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 The art collective is traveling the country in an attempt to turn the nation's MFA programs inside-out.

Performance Art: Bruce High Quality Foundation Takes Art-School Conceptualism on the Road With Teach 4 Amerika

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 The art collective is traveling the country in an attempt to turn the nation's MFA programs inside-out.

The Daily Checklist: Da Vinci-esque Bondage Nude Up for Top U.K. Portrait Prize, the Yes Men Punk GE (and the AP), Plus More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, the Sharjah Biennial takes its censorship offensive to the next level.

Museums: Scandalous Baroness Seeks New Museum Director: Resignations Shake the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum's Malaga Satellite

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 The director of the Andalusian outpost of Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has quit, as has a prominent board member.

Performing Arts: Life and Death in Installation Artist Clio Barnard's Film "The Arbor"

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 For the first post on his new ARTINFO blog "The Cutting Room," Graham Fuller discusses a movie by the English filmmaker.
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