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Dispute Over Asian American Stereotypes Gives Way to Dialogue at an Art Fair [UPDATED]
Show Mein, an exhibition at this year's Spring/Break Art Show, became the focus of a heated debate about cultural appropriation.
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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Feeling Anxiety and Relief at NADA New York
Some of the most memorable art at this year's NADA New York deals with distress, though the massive fair also offers respite.
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The Shimmering Glory of a Modern Indigenous New Zealand Chapel
Designed by architect John Scott, the Futuna Chapel was created for a Catholic religious order with elements adopted from Māori culture.
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A Magazine Named for a Visa Gathers the Work of Foreign Artists in the US
Artist Jenny Hung's O1 magazine makes visible the labyrinthine and costly process of applying for an O-1 visa.
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Abstracting the Data of the Natural World with Colorful Geometries
Julie Wolfe tries to make sense of the natural world by gathering and categorizing all kinds of sights and objects that offer no scientific information but inspire search for meaning, like puzzles.
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A Death Labyrinth, a Steampunk Space Club, and More in the New Museum's First VR Exhibition
From a watery remix of Call of Duty to an elegiac star system commemorating victims of police brutality, the online-only exhibition's six VR works showcase a range of possible worlds.
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Italian McDonald's Serves Up a Side of Roman Ruins
While digging to build a McDonald's in Marino, Italy, workers discovered an ancient road. The fast-food chain paid to restore it — and integrated it into a restaurant.
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Museumgoer Breaks a Kusama Pumpkin, Allegedly in Pursuit of a Selfie [UPDATED]
According to museum visitors, someone attempting to take a selfie in Yayoi Kusama's newest mirror room fell into the gleaming patch of pumpkin sculptures and broke one of them.
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The Emotional Pull of Len Lye's Motion Sculptures
An exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery demonstrates how Lye strove to evoke concrete feelings through fleeting motion.
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Maryland High School Removes Shepard Fairey Posters, Deeming Them "Anti-Trump"
Though the creators of the We the People posters claim they are non-partisan, administrators maintain that their display on classroom walls is of school policy.
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Uncommon Photographs from 100 Years of Daily African American Life
Cornell University Library has digitized over 600 seldom-seen images showing the lives of black Americans from the era of slavery to the 1960s.
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Immersed in Yayoi Kusama’s Lonely Labyrinths and Infinite Worlds
Yayoi Kusama's retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum brings together the largest number of mirror rooms ever, as they all appear to extend infinitely into distant darkness.