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This undated photo provided courtesy of the California State Parks shows the famous Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold, California. On January 8, 2017, rain storms lashing Northern California in recent days toppled the historic tree that was a major tourist attraction for its hollowed out trunk which cars could drive through. Thought to be more than 1,000 years old, the Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, was felled over the weekend, park officials said.

The History of California’s Drive-Through Trees, Meet Italy’s Art Protecting Police

A look at the West Coast’s drive-through trees in pictures.
By Alanna Martinez
Ma Yansong and MAD Architects' proposed design for a the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

George Lucas Museum Lands in LA, Petition Proposes Christo Design Fabric Border Wall

The new home of George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art will be Los Angeles.
By Alanna Martinez
People clash with protesters while they take part in a march against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on March 19, 2016 in New York City. People protest against Trump's policies which threaten the Immigration system and many of the Latino, Black, LGBT, Muslim, and other communities.

Artists Call for Inauguration Day Strike, Mucha’s Grandson Sues Prague

Over 130 artists and critics, including Cindy Sherman and Richard Serra, have signed a petition urging cultural institutions to strike in protest to the presidential inauguration on January 20.
By Alanna Martinez
J. K. Rowling attends the press preview of "Harry Potter & The Cursed Child" at Palace Theatre on July 30, 2016 in London, England. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is a two-part West End stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany.

JK Rowling Drops Hint on New Book, Women’s March Seeks Original Art

By Alanna Martinez
Members of the public walk around 'Dippy' the Diplodocus at Natural History Museum on January 4, 2017 in London, England. The 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica, which is made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in London, where it has been for 109 years, before going on a national tour. Dippy will be replaced by an 83 foot long real skeleton of a Blue Whale, which will be hung from the ceiling.

London’s Dippy the Dino to Embark on UK Tour, Campaign to Replace NYC Ads With Art

By Alanna Martinez
Tourists take photographs in front of Egypt's famous Giza Pyramids on December 18, 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. Since the 2011 Arab Spring and continued terrorist attacks throughout the country, Egypt's tourism industry has been hit hard. As the country tries to rebuild a damaged economy and revive the tourism industry, an increase in terrorists attacks in the past two weeks, one which targeted police officers at a checkpoint in the Giza neighbourhood, could continue to see the tourism industry suffer.

Tourism Decline Threatens Egypt’s Monuments, Happy 80th to Picasso’s ‘Guernica’!

By Alanna Martinez
The Fountain of Neptune, by Jean de Boulogne, in Bologna, Italy.

Facebook Censors 16th Century Nude Statue, Critic John Berger Dead at 90

By Alanna Martinez
National Museum of African American History.

African American History Museum Tickets Sell Out Online, LA Maps Public Art

By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-AZ), (C), walks away after speaking to the media after attending a weekly luncheon with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, December 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gathered at the weekly luncheon to discuss their upcoming agenda.

Senator Harry Reid’s Art World Legacy, Tallying NY’s Gallery Closures

By Alanna Martinez
People stick a Post-It note to participate in the art piece 'Subway Therapy' at the Union Square subway station in New York on November 17, 2016 "Subway Therapy" allows people to express their thoughts with the public, and began after the November 8, 2016 US presidential election.

Subway Post-It Art Finds a New Home, Activists Attacked After Leaving NY Gallery

By Alanna Martinez
NEW YORK - APRIL 12: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers look at proposed designs for a completed subway platform in an underground tunnel for the long-proposed 2nd Avenue subway line April 12, 2007 in New York City. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the line, one of numerous since the project was first proposed 80 years ago. The first phase of the line is scheduled to be completed in 2013, running from 96th Street to 63rd Street at a cost of $3.8 billion. Upon completion, line would add 8.5 miles of tracks and carry five million riders on weekdays in four of New York City's five boroughs.

Peek the Second Avenue Subway’s Public Art, Morbid Anatomy Museum Shutters

By Alanna Martinez
The sign for the Comet Ping Pong restaurant is seen in Washingon, DC, on December 5, 2016. An assault rifle-wielding gunman's appearance at a Washington pizzeria that was falsely reported to house a pedophile ring has elevated worries over the unrelenting rise of fake news and malicious gossip on the internet. No one was injured when 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch strode into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant, packed with families on a Sunday afternoon, and fired off a round from his AR-15.

Pizzagate-Inspired Digital Art, Stefan Simchowitz Talks the Future of the Art Market

By Alanna Martinez
London, England.

Report Finds English Arts Organizations Lack Diversity at Top, Emojis On View at MoMA

By Alanna Martinez
U.S. Capitol Building.

Congress Passes Art Restitution Bill, How to Spot a Fake Painting

By Alanna Martinez
Virtual reality is coming to real-life roller coasters.

Virtual Reality Movie Theaters Are Coming, A Festival For Flammable Film in NY

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Leo Villareal and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have won the Illuminated River International Design Competition.

Winner Chosen to Illuminate London’s Bridges, Oakland Mayor Starts Art Space Fund

By Alanna Martinez
Tulips: Koons and Christie's International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art Brett Gorvy.

Brett Gorvy Leaves Christie’s to Pursue Gallery Life, Jeff Koons Made a Snowboard

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Helen Marten.

Helen Marten Wins Turner Prize, Sir Anthony Hopkins’ Shows His Art in Vegas

By Alanna Martinez
A sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard in Madison Square Park.

FBI Agents Sick From Lobby Sculpture, Steven Mnuchin Steps Down From LA Museum Board

By Alanna Martinez
The fallacy of "good sweat." (Photo: )

UNESCO Adds Yoga to World Heritage List, Swiss Ski Resort Becomes Art Hotspot

By Alanna Martinez
A rendering of the proposed design for a Guggenheim museum in Helsinki.

Guggenheim Helsinki Proposal Rejected, UAE Gets First War Memorial

By Alanna Martinez
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their supporters gather in a circle in the center of camp to hear speakers and singers, at a protest encampment near Cannon Ball, North Dakota where members of the tribe and their supporters have gathered to voice their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

Artists Flock to Standing Rock, UK Army to Recruit Monuments Men

By Alanna Martinez
William Pope.L, Trinket (2008). Installation in the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, hosted by Grand Arts. (

Whitney Biennial Artists Announced, a Pink Paint for Everyone But Anish Kapoor

By Alanna Martinez
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 23: A worker uses a machine to separate coin blanks at the U.S. Mint March 23, 2004 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Mint opened in 1937 and is the only mint devoted to producing the only traditional annual sets of highly polished proof coin sets made of both copper-nickel clad and silver.

Look Out for These Fake Trump Coins, Wall Street Journal Shrinks Arts Coverage

By Alanna Martinez
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