Climate Activists Charged by Feds After Smearing Paint on Degas Work’s Case at National Gallery of Art
If convicted, they could each face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
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Climate Protesters Smear Paint on Case and Pedestal of Degas Sculpture at National Gallery of Art
The museum has taken the work off view to assess any potential damage, according to its director.
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Glenstone Museum Gifts Katharina Fritsch Rooster Sculpture to D.C.’s National Gallery
The 14-foot-tall sculpture has been on loan to the NGA since 2016.
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ARTnews in Brief: Miles McEnery Now Represents Rico Gatson—and More from July 31, 2020
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Edgar Degas Called the Opera His ‘Laboratory.’ An Exhilarating Paris Show Reveals How It Became His Greatest Muse.
At the Musée d'Orsay, more than 200 works explore the world in front of, and behind, the curtain.
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National Gallery of Art Names Darren Walker Trustee, Mitchell Rales Appointed President
Walker, who faced criticism this week for his recent statements on the Rikers Island jail complex, takes up the post immediately.
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Here Are 1,541 More Works That the National Gallery of Art Is Acquiring From the Corcoran
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., announced a second acquisition of pieces—mainly works on paper—from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which decided to disband last year for…
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The Vegetarian Loner of the Renaissance, Now a Modern Master: On the First American Piero di Cosimo Show, in 1938
Only two U.S. exhibitions have ever been devoted to the work of Piero di Cosimo, an Italian Renaissance painter who is considered by many to be one of the masters of his time. The first was in 193<a href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/piero-di-cosimo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"…
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‘Save the Corcoran’ Group Heads to Court Next Week
A judge in Washington, D.C. Superior Court will hear arguments from the “Save the Corcoran” group next week during a four-day hearing aimed at preventing the merger of the Corcoran Gallery of…
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Gilty Pleasures: The Guggenheim Reframes Its Classics
A team of experts at the Guggenheim is reframing modernist works from the Thannhauser collection in period frames dating back to the 17th century
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