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ARTnews in Brief: Vivian Suter Wins 2021 Prix Meret Oppenheim—and More from April 12, 2021
A continually updated post of goings-on around the world.
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Italian Police Discover Looted Ancient Roman Sculpture in Belgian Antiques Shop
It is believed to have been plundered from an archaeological dig outside Rome in 2011.
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Ancient Cave Painters May Have Experienced Hallucinations, Study Finds
They may have intentionally chosen to work in places with low oxygen levels.
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Eunice Bélidor Becomes First Black Curator in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s 161-Year History
She has been appointed the MMFA's curator of contemporary art.
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These Encaustic Paints Are the Bee’s Knees
Getting tired of your same old paints? Make like the Ancient Greeks and Romans and give encaustic paints a try. In this method, which dates back more than 2,000 years, a pigmented mixture of beeswax…
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Benin Bronzes Aren’t Safer in the West Than They Would Be in Nigeria, Academics Say
At a Columbia University conference, experts dispelled myths surrounding the looted works.
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Tania Pérez Córdova's enigmatic sculptures are a response to the materials and circumstances of their own making.
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Nasher Sculpture Center to Host Talk by Michael Rakowitz, Artist Focused on Memory and Reconstruction
The question guiding his lecture will be: "If I can't be there with you, how can I show you where I am?"
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‘Salvator Mundi’ Secrets Revealed, Photographer June Newton Dies, and More: Morning Links from April 12, 2021
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