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A worthless, $65 million piece of art ends up in MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is the proud, new owner of a priceless painting. “Canyon” (1959), by American pop artist Robert Rauschenberg, was donated by the family of gallerist Ileana...

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The artist in you, me, and Miley Cyrus

The internet is the last cultural gatekeeper. Its vehicles are driving so fast, the doors are wide open. So suddenly, Art is no longer a pretentious exhibit of novelty, a product of a singular genius....

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MoMA’s endowment is about the same size as the budget of 150 museums in 1989...

A museum’s appeal once was remote. In 1929, its inaugural year, the MoMA occupied a 12th floor rental in an office building on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Abby Rockefeller, wife of oil magnate, John...

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The TED conference starts next week and it’s time to rediscover the “D” for...

When the TED conference was founded 31 years ago, the first conference showcased a demo of the compact disc, the debut of the e-book, and 3D graphics from Lucasfilm. The founder of the influential...

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The dark, violent side of design

Design is a double-edged sword, as the ongoing debate on 3D-printed gun legislation reminds us. Even as designed objects, systems, and buildings have enhanced and prolonged our lives, design (and...

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“We needed something beautiful.” The fabulous story behind the rainbow flag

The rainbow flag has become an iconic symbol of the LGBT community. Fittingly, its creator once dressed in drag as a busty Betsy Ross, the maker of the US “stars and stripes” flag. With a budget of...

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Photos: New Yorkers are beautiful, even when they’re underground

A musician in purple velvet pauses with his guitar; two boys with shadows of mustaches smile in graduation caps and gowns; a woman touched with summertime sheen brandishes a watermelon. In the...

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Museums are keeping a ton of the world’s most famous art locked away in storage

Most of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work is in storage. Nearly half of Pablo Picasso’s oil paintings are put away. Not a single Egon Schiele drawing is on display. Since the advent of public galleries in the...

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The MoMA-approved TV designed to save televisions from obsolescence

Who needs a TV anymore? At a time when we’re surrounded by screens—computers, mobile phones, projectors—the single-purpose black box that was once the centerpiece of every US home has become optional,...

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The Dutch national museum is actually rewarding artists and designers who...

“No cameras allowed” used to be standard practice in museums. Many art institutions tightly policed their collections to contain the so-called “aura of the original” within their walls and have...

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There’s already a waitlist for this $3,000 set of colored pencils

Displayed like a precious artifact under a clear acrylic case, a set of colored pencils in midtown Manhattan is proving irresistible to coloring aficionados and sketch artists. At the Museum of Modern...

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The first-ever emoji designs have been recognized as contemporary art...

It was bound to happen. The museum that holds Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night and Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans is now adding emoji to its permanent collection. Yesterday (Oct. 25), New York’s...

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MoMA has swapped out Picasso and Matisse paintings for works by artists from...

A poignant political protest is taking place on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The museum, located just two blocks from Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, transformed its...

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The Louvre may soon be surpassed as the most popular museum in the world

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is experiencing a level of administrative turmoil unmatched in its recent history. In February, Met director Tom Campbell resigned under a cloud of accusations...

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A Colin Kaepernick jersey is now hanging in New York’s Museum of Modern Art

At New York’s renowned Museum of Modern Art, in the same building where tourists line up to view masterpieces such as Van Gogh’s The Starry Night and Picasso’s Les Damoiselles d’Avignon, the jersey of...

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No animals were involved in producing this premium leather

Modern Meadow’s leather doesn’t grow on a cow. The company has spent five years and millions of dollars developing a material so new that it’s hard to characterize. The common definition of leather in...

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111 iconic objects that defined the last century of fashion, according to New...

What do a Chanel dress, a Wonderbra, and Nike Air Force 1s have in common? The punch line to this set up is what visitors to New York’s Museum of Modern Art will puzzle out as they walk through its...

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IKEA’s new high-end design collaboration makes flatpack furniture feel...

“‘Throw-away’ products are not IKEA. Whatever the consumer purchases shall give long-term enjoyment.” In a 1976 manifesto, IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad envisioned that his inexpensive, well-made...

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Donna Karan betrayed working women with her defense of Harvey Weinstein

Was she asking for it? The question is a prime example of victim-blaming when harassment happens, as if the person being harassed could be somehow responsible for another adult’s behavior. Yet that’s...

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Stella McCartney is pioneering synthetic spider silk in high fashion

The most groundbreaking clothes at Stella McCartney’s recent Paris Fashion Week show weren’t on the runway. They were only shown backstage. On their face, the bodysuit and one pair of generously cut...

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