In Brief
Newly Discovered Chinese Tomb Murals Give a Glimpse of Domestic Life 1,000 Years Ago
These colorful paintings give us a sense of the mortuary customs that were part of life in China over a millennium ago.
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.
Books
The Unflinching Sensuality of Ren Hang's Photographs
The young artist, who died last month at age 29, is the subject of a new monograph from TASCHEN.
Art
Isamu Noguchi’s Voluntary Stay in a Japanese-American Incarceration Camp
The modernist sculptor voluntarily entered one of the many incarceration camps for Japanese Americans, and it was an experience that deeply impacted him.
Art
The Faces and Streets of New York's Chinatown in the 1980s
Bud Glick is sharing his decades-old photographs online in an attempt to reconnect with their subjects.
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News
Animal Rights Activists Protest Damien Hirst Show in Venice with 88 Pounds of Dung [UPDATED]
Activists heaped animal turds at the door of the Palazzo Grassi, which will open an exhibition of new works by Hirst.
Art
The Private Lives of Primate Companions
Images from Robin Schwartz's rarely exhibited series of photos of primates who live with humans is on view at Staten Island's Alice Austen House.
Art
The Collective that Radicalized Urban Design in the 1970s with Slides
A collection of color slides from 1970s LA captures the sights and sounds of a city and its urbanscape.
Art
Audubon's 'Birds of America,' Updated for Our Polluted World
Artist John LaMacchia seamlessly integrates human trash into detailed bird portraits that mimic Audubon's watercolors.
In Brief
Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal
Last Sunday, protestors staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre to pressure it to cut ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A.
In Brief
Jeff Koons Convicted of Plagiarizing a Photo of Naked Children
A French court ruled that a Koons sculpture infringes on the copyright of a black-and-white photograph by the late artist Jean-François Bauret.
News
Crowdfunding Campaign Aims to Bring Rare Photo of Harriet Tubman Home
A previously unrecorded photograph of the trailblazing abolitionist is going to auction later this month, and the Harriet Tubman Home historic site hopes to be the top bidder.
Art
A Crowd-Sourced Website Helps Preserve Indigenous Cultures
Cultural Codex invites anyone to contribute stories and experiences that record aspects of indigenous cultures they want to celebrate.