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Artist Tré Reising's A lot went down this week in the weird and wild world of Art. Some things were more scandalous than others, some were just plain wacky—but all of them are worth knowing about. Without further ado: + "Tears of Joy" becomes the first ever emoji to win Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year award. [Washington Post]+ Marina Abramovic was rushed to the hospital on Thursday before a performance at the Park Avenue Armory, although her gallerist says otherwise. [Artnet]
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+ After appeal, Saudi Arabian artist/poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death. [The Independent]+ Female Arab artisans painted two large scale murals at the UN last week for Our Mother's House, a celebration of their work and the dying art form they pursue. [The Art Newspaper] + France is offering asylum for artworks threatened by ISIS attacks. [Art Forum]
[via](http:// http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/161445/)+ Art history nerd rejoice: The exact location of Vermeer’s Little Street has been found at long last. [[The Art Newspaper](http:// http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/161445/)]+ Alec Baldwin accidentally bought a $95,000 Pat Steir painting at an Artwalk live auction. [Artnet News]+ Soon you and your loved ones will be able to memorialize your favorite tattoos after you die. The method: cut and frame. [[WTVR](http:// http://wtvr.com/2015/11/17/tattoo-preservation-method-cuts-frames-the-art-after-death/ v) via ArtFCity]+ At last week's Real Estate Summit at the Brooklyn Museum, artist mounted a protest with signs and lines of yellow caution tape reading, "Gentrification in Progress." [Hyperallergic]
via+ The Guerrilla Girls are campaigning against art-buying billionaires. [The Art Newspaper]+ Constant Dullaart wins the 2015 Prix Net Art for $10,000. [Artforum]+ The skull of the real life Winnie the Pooh—the one that inspired everyone's favorite, overweight animal—goes on display in London. [The New York Times]+ These are all the germs on your average New York subway pole—looks like everybody is getting a daily dose of E. Coli to balance out that commute coffee. [Gothamist]
+ Our Drone Future, by Alex Cornell, sports fully drone-based cinematography. [The Economist]
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+ This new Francis Bacon catalog reveals over 100 unseen works by the eerie artist. [The Guardian]+ This is the Louvre’s director’s 50-point plan to respond to ISIS's reign of cultural destruction. [The Art Newspaper]+ The world’s tallest building, "The Bride of Iraq," is being planned for Basra. [The Guardian]
via+ The 2016 New York Taxi Drivers calendar is sexier than ever. [Gothamist] + Masterworks from Rubens, Tintoretto, and more have been stolen from the Museo Civico di Castelvecchio in Verona. [The Art Newspaper]+ At this end of this year, the ads on San Francisco's minibuses will get an art makeover. [SF Chronicle]+ There is a Bill Murray art show London. [The Guardian]
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