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In Argument Before Judge, Lawyer for Andy Warhol Foundation Says Pop Artist Did Not Copy Photo of Prince -ARTnews
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Jeff Koons’s ‘Sacred Heart’ and a Bevy of Alexander Calders Star in 50th Edition of Art Basel Fair, With Early Sales Solid -ARTnews
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Activists Stage Action at El Museo del Barrio, Demanding Institutional Change -ARTnews
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Morning Links: ‘Vexing Self-Contradiction’ Edition -ARTnews
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In Basel, Many Sides of the Artist Are on View -ARTnews
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Out and About in Basel’s Parcours Section, Where Works by Camille Henrot, Hassan Sharif, and More Await -ARTnews
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In a Bunker Just Steps From Art Basel, an Alternative Art Fair Blooms -ARTnews
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Passionate Painter Huguette Caland Shines at Tate St. Ives -ARTnews
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Violent protests erupt in Memphis suburb after US Marshals shot and killed Black man
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