Plus, architecture critic James Russell really tears into Renzo Piano's new Whitney design.
The Daily Checklist: Lady Gaga Glorifies Self With New Art Contest, No One Wants Charles Saatchi's Mega Brit Art, and More Must-Read Art News
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Art and Politics: Dark Past as Torture Center Haunts a New Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul
South Korea's National Museum of Contemporary Art is occupying the Kimusa building, allegedly an "epicenter of human rights violations" in decades past.
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Museums: Museum for African Art Postpones Opening of Its New Manhattan Home... Again
The institution's R.M. Stern designed-building was slated to open this fall, but will remained shuttered for another year as further funds are raised.
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Style: Why Would a Socialite Steal?
Socialite and fashion designer Beata Boman's arrest for shoplifting an $11,500 scarf in Greenwich, Connecticut, raises eyebrows.
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Performing Arts: A Preview of the Prague Quadrennial, the World's Largest Festival of Theater and Performance Design
Some 62 countries show off the latest in theatrical design in the Czech Republic.
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The Daily Checklist: Is Alice Walton the Art World's Next J.P. Morgan?, Why Babies Prefer Cubism, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, RISD's museum at long last finds a new director.
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People: James Franco Takes to Kickstarter to Help Launch a Museum of Non-Visible (More or Less Non-Existent) Art
Franco has already helped Brainard and Delia Carey raise $10,000 through the sale of an artwork that consists of pure air.
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Performing Arts: New York Birthplace of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Declared an Endangered Treasure
Fans are waging a campaign to restore the jazz legend's last home in Long Island.
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Art and Politics: Walid Raad on Why the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Must Be Built On a Foundation of Workers' Rights
A Q&A with the artist about the boycott against the high-profile museum, which is set to be build on the emirate's Saadiyat Island.
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Fashion: LACMA Acquires Rodarte's New Bernini-Inspired Collection, Unveiled at Florence's Pitti W
The design duo Laura and Kate Mulleavy also debuted their upcoming monograph with Catherine Opie and Alec Soth at the fashion trade show.
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Art & Crime: Eminent Max Ernst Expert Sued as Fallout From $49 Million German Forgery Ring Spreads
A Paris gallerist and an German art historian are being taken to court for damages in the sale of a fake Ernst painting.
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Art and Politics: Watching the Arts Run Dry: Lost Arts Web Site Debuts to Chronicle the Fallout of the UK Cultural Cutbacks
Eight unions banded together to deliver up-to-date tallies of just how deep government cuts have hacked into the the coffers of art organizations.
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The Daily Checklist: Art Academy Honcho's Fury Makes Damien Hirst Relevant Again, MoMA Lamp Designer Dies After Mugging, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Eli Broad is peddling bonds to pay for his fancy museum.
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Art and Technology: The App That Tamed Basel: How New Startup ArtBinder Seduced Pace, David Zwirner, Gavin Brown, and L&M
Launched by two well-connected New York twentysomethings, the new app allows gallerists navigate the insanity of art fairs with ease.
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Performing Arts: Do Celebrity Headliners Really Bring in the Big Bucks on Broadway?
As Blair Underwood is set to star in a 2012 Broadway production, ARTINFO looks at celebrity ups and downs on the Great White Way.
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Performing Arts: The Mouse is Mine: Paul McCartney Blocks Auction of His Adorable Cartoon Critter Drawings
The musician says sketches for the never-released "Bruce McMouse Show" belong to him, not to the animator's heir.
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The Daily Checklist: Murakami's Self-Promoting Solstice Google Doodle, Daniel Buren Cancels China Show to Protest Ai Weiwei Detention, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Alice Cooper reminisces about his collaboration with Salvador Dali.
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Postwar & Contemporary Art: Welcome to the "Piccadilly Community Center": Christoph Buchel Transforms Hauser & Wirth's London Gallery Into a Hub for Yoga and Adult Education
Taking over the blue-chip gallery's space, the mercurial Swiss artist has invited local charities to set up shop inside.
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Art and Politics: Picasso at the Checkpoint: $7 Million "Buste de Femme" Crosses Security Barriers to Enter the West Bank
The Cubist masterpiece arrived in Ramallah on Sunday, escorted by armed guards.
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Fashion: "Balenciaga and Spain" at the de Young Versus "McQueen: Savage Beauty" at the Met: How Do They Compare?
ARTINFO's style editor compares the two arguably largest U.S. museum fashion exhibitions of 2011.
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