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NY Guggenheim museum cuts animal artworks after threats

TheGuggenheimMuseuminNewYorkhasdecidedtowithdrawthreeworksfromahotlyanticipatedexhibitiononmodernChina,afterreceiving"repeatedthreatsofviolence"relatedtothestag

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Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous art

AvibrantanimationtellingstoriesofindigenousAustraliawillbeprojectedontotheSydneyOperaHouseeverynightatsunset.Theseven-minuteshow,beginningonWednesday,willturnth

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US exhibit highlights cherubs and other French delights

WhenNapoleon'selderbrotherJosephBonapartewasforcedintoexile,hebroughttotheUnitedStatesacollectionoflavishrococoandneoclassicalpaintingsthatearnedenduringAmerica

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Major auction houses focus on ‘undervalued’ Hong Kong artworks amid economic downturn

Sotheby’s launches selling exhibition, while Christie’s will feature homegrown works to attract the Art Basel crowd

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Xi's speech on the arts unveiled in full

​A speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the arts a year ago was made public in full for the first time on Wednesday.

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Ceramics database launched to help regulate art market

An online database listing detailed information of Chinese ceramic art works was launched on Monday in Jingdezhen City, east China's Jiangxi Province.

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Boom of arts, a must for Chinese dream

President Xi Jinping's speech about the importance of arts is not the first time a leader has drawn attention to the significance of the topic.

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French author wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature

French author Patrick Modiano won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, on Thursday in Stockholm.

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Angolan millionaire offers bid for Portugal's Miro art collection

An Angolan millionaire has offered the Portuguese government a proposal to buy the country's Joan Miro art collection for 44 million euros (60 million U.S. dollars).

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World's largest art show "Art Everywhere" launched in London

The world's largest art show was launched on Thursday in London by the artist who designed the album cover to one of the most famous albums in rock and roll history.