In Brief
"Fearless Girl" Was Originally "Wall Street Cow," a Life-Size, Bronze Bovine
Emails reveal that the financial firm behind the stunt initially planned to install a sculpture of a cow as its feminist statement on Wall Street.
Claire Voon
Claire Voon is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Singapore, she grew up near Washington, D.C. and is now based in Chicago.
News
First House Built by Antoni Gaudí Will Become a Museum
Following a major two-year restoration, Casa Vicens is opening to the public for the first time in the building's 130-year-old history.
Books
Portraits of Samurai Who’ve Kept Their 800-Year-Old Tradition Alive
In 2015, the Japan-based photographer Everett Kennedy Brown documented the annual festival of Sōma, Fukushima, where hundreds of samurai don colorful armor and recreate a historic battle.
In Brief
Banksy Cancels Print Giveaway After Warning from UK Election Commission
The street artist had planned to give a new, limited-edition print to anyone who could prove they'd voted against the Tories in the upcoming general election.
Art
A 19th-Century Illustrated Guide to Bizarre British Games, Including Hot Cockles and Hoodman’s Blind
In 1801, British writer and engraver Joseph Strutt published a compendium of bizarre medieval pastimes.
Books
The Racist Caricatures of African Soldiers that Soothed French Colonial Anxieties
With a Weapon and a Grin, a new book by Stephan Likosky, traces the iconography used to infantilize African soldiers who fought in the French army during World War I.
Art
A Field of Lavender Nourished by Trump’s Tweets
A subterranean field of lavender, planted by Martin Roth in Midtown Manhattan, is nurtured by lights that are largely controlled by the President's tweets.
News
One of the World’s Oldest Art Workshops Is a Cave in Ethiopia
According to a new study, the Porc-Epic Cave served as a site for the continuous production of ochre powder for at least 4,500 years.
News
LGBTQ Refugee Rights Group Steals Artwork from Documenta in Athens
In an act of protest against the German quinquennial, the group Lgbtqi+ Refugees in Greece has rock-napped Roger Bernat's sculptural replica of an ancient monolith.
In Brief
Two Nooses Discovered at Smithsonian Museums This Week
"Today's incident is a painful reminder of the challenges that African Americans continue to face," said NMAAHC Founding Director Lonnie Bunch.
News
Facing Protests from Islamist Groups, Bangladesh Relocates a Statue of Lady Justice
A statue of Lady Justice in front of the Supreme Court in Bangladesh was removed last Friday and reinstalled two days later in a different spot, where no one can see it from the street.
In Brief
Artist Places “Pissing Pug” Sculpture at the Feet of “Fearless Girl”
Alex Gardega installed a papier-mâché sculpture of a dog peeing on "Fearless Girl," allegedly in protest of the girl's fake feminism.