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Postwar & Contemporary Art: The Politics of the Stones: Artist Michal Rovner Imports the Israel-Palestine Conflict to the Louvre in Order to Heal It

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 Rovner's piece brings together masons representing each side to build replicas of houses, using actual stones from the Middle East.

The Daily Checklist: Facebook-Powered Museum of Me Goes Viral, Utah and Dia Unravel "Spiral Jetty" Mix-Up, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, a collaborative Christ painting by Jack Kerouac goes on view in Rome.

Street Art: The Triumph of Invader: The Street Art Maestro Celebrates His 1,000th Mosaic With Electrifying Paris Survey

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 True to form, the secretive artist skipped the opening of his show, but sent a cheeky video titled "In Bed with Invader."

Museums: Banksy's Latest Surprise Move: Free Tickets for All to L.A. MOCA's "Art in the Streets"

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 Monday admission will be comped thanks to what Jeffrey Deitch calls an "unprecedented" donation from the street art king.

Postwar & Contemporary Art: A Q&A With the "Power of Self" Prize Winner Stephen O'Donnell, the "Perverted Norman Rockwell" of Portland

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 The figurative painter has secured the top honor from the annual self-portrait competition, which promises to pay for a year of an artist's life.

Design & Architecture: The Apple Has Landed: Steve Jobs Announces Spaceship-Like New Headquarters, Designed by Norman Foster

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 Cupertino city councilmembers, spellbound by their iPads, look certain to approve the monumental new building.

Street Art: The Wild and Woolly World of Yarn Bombing, Street Art's Soft Sensation

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 For International Yarn Bombing Day, ARTINFO explores some of the highlights of extreme knitting, and the sometimes passionate debates the craze inspires.

Art & Crime: How a Routine Traffic Stop Led Italian Police to $3.6 Million in Stolen Art

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 The hapless criminals were found to have art by Warhol, Balthus, Léger, and others, taken from the Monte Carlo home of Paola Folon.

The Daily Checklist: Shady Frida Kahlo Trove May Be Real After All, America's Next Top Toddler Artist, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Newsweek names the top ten artists of our time.

Performing Arts: "Book of Mormon" Wins Hosannas and a Poetry-Spouting Thespian Bewilders at the 2011 Tony Awards

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 The irreverent musical by the duo behind "South Park" swept the ceremony, which was marked by a few odd occurrences.

Museums: Battle for the '70s: MoMA and the Getty Announce Key Acquisitions in Contest for the Era's Art

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 As the East and West coasts square off, MoMA has secured two immense troves while the Getty has won legendary curator Harald Szeemann's archive.

Galleries: Rock the Kas-Bar: Art Dealer Paul Kasmin to Take Over Bungalow 8 Space

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 The Chelsea gallerist has acquired the former nightclub to create a new art space and sculpture garden.

Museums: Schindler's Museum: The Krakow Factory Made Famous by "Schindler's List" is Transformed Into a Contemporary Art Center

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 Architects Claudio Nardi and Leonardo Maria Proli designed a new building and converted six structures that belonged to the lauded industrialist.

Arts Policy: Is Pole Dancing Art? A Court Rules No, Thwarting One Nightclub's Heroic Quest

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 A New York judge has declared that stripping shouldn't confer the same tax breaks that artistic practice does, because it requires no training.

The Daily Checklist: Details Revealed for "Younger Than Jesus" Sequel, Justin Timberlake's Richard Serra Nightmares, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, meet Basel's new "curatorial rock star."

Art & Crime: Picasso's Electrician Indicted for Harboring Allegedly Stolen Cache of the Master's Art

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 The court does not believe Pierre Le Guennec's story that the 271 artworks were gifts.

Performing Arts: "Spider-Man," Fresh From the ICU, Swings Back to Broadway With Bono's Love

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 After six delayed openings, numerous revisions, and Tabloid-fodder injuries, producers are hoping the show will finally soar with its grand return tonight.

Art and Technology: Test-Driving Gagosian Gallery's Deluxe New iPad App

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 The app gives you access to museum-quality art from the furthest reaches of Gagosian's globe-spanning art empire. And it's free.

Art and Politics: U.S. State Department Impotent in the Face of Chinese Cyberattacks on the Guggenheim's Ai Weiwei Petition

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 While government officials have raised the issue with China, Change.org remains under siege.

Arts Policy: Bad Blood: Czech Government Scrambles to Recall International Art Loans, Fearing They Will Be Seized in $500 Million Dispute

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 An aggrieved blood plasma company has already compelled Austrian authorities to confiscate $877,000 in art from a Vienna gallery.
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