ARTINFO provides a gloss on the more arty aspects of tomorrow's matrimonial phenomenon.
Style: An Art World Guide to the Royal Wedding
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Old Masters & Antiquities: Leave Mona Lisa's Bones Alone, Begs Princess Descended From Leonardo's Muse
Natalia Guicciardini Strozzi, who boasts blood ties to Lisa Gherardini, is outraged that researchers are seeking to dig up her ancestor's remains.
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Museums: Decoding the Beauty Cult: A Close Look at the Art of Britain's Mystical Aesthetic Movement
Join us for a tour of "The Cult of Beauty," a new show at London's V&A highlighting the love of exoticism that follows the Pre-Raphaelites.
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Art and Politics: Meet Saif Gaddafi, Libya's Bloodthirsty Cultural Ambassador
ARTINFO considers the tainted art activities of the strongman's son, whose plans for a museum have been upended by the civil war he urges on.
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People: Animal Lover Brigitte Bardot Lowers Her Horns as French Culture Ministry Embraces Bullfighting
The film icon objects to culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand's decision to enshrine bullfighting in the canon of French culture.
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The Daily Checklist: Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen Wedding Dress Gives the Met Ball a Bump, Street Artist JR Plans Mural Near MOCA, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Spencer Tunick will lead his naked hordes to the Dead Sea.
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Postwar & Contemporary Art: At Gallery Weekend, Lawrence Weiner and Kiki Smith's Art Tattoos Get Under Berlinners' Skin
A fully fledged tattoo parlour at Arratia, Beer Gallery is offering long-lasting contemporary art for those willing to go under the gun.
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Museums: Is MOCA's "Art in the Streets" a Money-Making Hustle for Curator Roger Gastman?
The associate curator's motivations have come under question due to his business partnering graffiti artists with paying corporations.
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Performing Arts: Lincoln Center Inks Deal to Advise New Chinese Performing Art Center, Even Amid Crackdown on Free Speech
While human rights abuses continue to grab headlines, the New York institution offers its consulting skills for cash.
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The Daily Checklist: Bin Laden Death Knocks Ai Weiwei Off Bloomberg's Agenda, Daily News Slams Brooklyn Museum's "Art in the Streets" Plan, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Jasper Johns speaks about his work in a rare interview.
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People: Getting to Know Ai Weiwei: A Multimedia Biographical Timeline
ARTINFO compiles some of the most important moments in the famous artist's life, work, and activism.
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Arts Policy: He Shot Dogs, Didn't He?: Pet Lovers Dig Up Tom Otterness's 1977 Canine Snuff Film to Protest His New Public Art Commission
Some three decades ago the sculptor shot a shelter dog for an art film. Now, it's coming back to haunt him as his lions head to a Battery Park City library.
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Art and Politics: The Two Chinese Art Worlds
The FT and the NYT think that it's a about time that China's apolitical artists got some attention. Really?
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Art Market: See the Top Lots from New York's Spring Modern and Impressionist Sales
From rare Paul Gauguin sculpture, to Rodin's sexy "Eternal Springtime."
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The Daily Checklist: An Architectural Review of Bin Laden's Hideout, Art Student Dies in Performance Piece Gone Awry, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, a yoga teacher shows naked support of Ai Weiwei at Tate Modern.
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Museums: Eminent Photography Curator Peter Galassi's Farewell to MoMA
The 60-year-old longtime chief of the museum's photo department is retiring rather abruptly.
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Postwar & Contemporary Art: Is Baby Art Morally Defensible?: Swiss Artists Offer Parents $10,000 to Name Their Newborns "Dada"
Johannes M. Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt of the collective Com&Com are taking their strange project to the Moscow Biennale this fall.
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Performing Arts: The Cabinet of Werner Herzog: Thoughts on "The Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
The celebrated German director's new 3-D art film is a ride you won't forget.
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Performing Arts: Faces in the Crowd: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Guitarist Nick Zinner on Secretly Photographing His Fans, for Art's Sake
On the occasion of his show at Anastasia Photo gallery, the rocker discusses his little-known side project.
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The Daily Checklist: Folk Art Museum Director Jumps Sinking Ship, Banksy Sends a Molotov Cocktail to Violent Supermarket Protesters, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, sculptor Rachel Harrison wins the Calder Prize.
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