The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.
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. Her work has also appeared in New York Magazine, VICE, Gothamist, Artnews, Smithsonian Magazine, and The Village Voice. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.
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An Afrofuturist Graphic Novel Revives the Lost Histories of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Erased from history books, the stories and roles of women in slave revolts will now be told in vivid form by Rebecca Hall.
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New Public Sculpture Will Honor Court Case That Expanded Rights for Asian Americans
A public sculpture in New Mexico will commemorate a little-known court ruling that gave Asian Americans the right to testify before a judge.
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Florida Museum Unearths Ancient Mosaics It Buried Years Ago and Lost Track Of
In the 1960s museum officials buried the mosaics as a mysterious storage solution that puzzles staff to this day.
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Photographer Accused of Sexual Harassment Asks ICA Boston to Take Down His Exhibition
The museum will close the show 10 days early, in accordance with the wishes of Nicholas Nixon, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several of his former students.
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“Fearless Girl” Sculptor Is Selling $6,500 Reproductions
One-fifth of the proceeds will go to nonprofits that empower young women and support gender equality.
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Using Drones, Researchers Discover New Nazca Lines in Peru
Researchers have identified over 50 massive, long-unseen geogylphs that date from between 500 BCE to 200 CE — centuries before the time of the known Nazca lines.
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New Plates by Judy Chicago Serve Up Feminist History
The new series of limited edition ‘The Dinner Party’ plates will inevitably spark conversations around the rich heritage of women in the Western world.
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Clumsy Churchgoer Destroys Jeff Koons “Gazing Ball” by Touching It
The glass work, on display in a temporary exhibition, was reduced to a pile of fragments on the last day the show was open.
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Woman Steals $17,500 Rock from Yoko Ono Installation
The perpetrator, who was caught on camera, took the rock from a participatory installation called “Stone Piece” at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.
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A Playable Archive of 74 Retro Games, Including Frogger, Tamagotchi, and Donkey Kong
The Internet Archive has uploaded emulations of classic games to Handheld History, a free digital library, allowing for old-school experiences on modern computers.
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An Artist’s Troll Den Embodies the Messy Spectacle of the Internet
Trolls in the 21st-century exert their presence and identity in digital spaces, but Molly Colleen O’Connell makes them physical. Don’t feed them.