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PETA Condemns Performance Artist Who Incubated Nine Chicks Himself
Abraham Poincheval hatched the chicks during his performance "Oeuf" at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, but it's "no cause for celebration," as the animal rights group wrote.
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.
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The National Galleries of Scotland Is Digitizing Its 94,000-Piece Collection
Since the start of this month, about 40,000 images of works are available on the relaunched NGS website.
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From a Row of Hammocks to One Million Gravestones: An Art Collective’s Alternative Border Wall Proposals
J.M. Design Studio saw the president's call as an opportunity to challenge visions of a xenophobic future.
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Bushwick Street Artists Threaten Legal Action Against McDonald’s for Using Their Work
The work appeared in a Dutch ad titled "McDonald's Presents the Vibe of Bushwick NY."
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Australians Have Beef with Hermann Nitsch Performance Involving Bull Carcass [UPDATED]
The Viennese Actionist's latest bloody ritual is set to take place in Hobart, but an animal rights group and a local politician are calling for its cancellation.
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New York-Historical Society Offers Workshops for US Residents Seeking Citizenship
The New-York Historical Society will launch the Citizenship Project, a major initiative to offer green card holders free civics and American history workshops led by the museum's educators.
Art
WPA-Style Posters Imagine a Bleak Future for US National Parks
Artist Hannah Rothstein created a series of images in the style of vintage posters for US National Parks that imagines what they will look like if we don't act against climate change.
Art
Treasures from the Met Ascend to Its Roof in a Scramble of Art History
Adrián Villar Rojas has transformed the open-air space into a dystopian banquet hall where culture is the main meal, long-ago consumed.
Books
From Ceramic Sea Creatures to Bauhaus Blocks, a Compendium of Exquisite Chess Sets
A new book features detailed photos and short essays about an eclectic range of elaborate chess sets from across multiple centuries and continents.
Art
64 Highlights of the Internet's Early Years, from the First Webcam to a Net Art Gallery
An exhibition in London gathers 64 artifacts of the early web, from the first site that allowed users to order pizza online to one of the first animated GIFs to go viral.
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More Than a Million Strangers Collaborate, Pixel by Pixel, on a Digital Canvas
For 72 hours, Redditors worked together on a million-pixel work that features everything from memes to blocky renditions of van Gogh's "The Starry Night."
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Bipartisan Letter from Over 150 Members of Congress Urges More Money for the NEA
While President Trump has called for the agency's elimination, more than 150 members of Congress want to increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts.