A proposed renovation of the Frick Collection will offer visitors unprecedented access to its holdings, and preserve its celebrated 70th Street Garden.
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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India Is Building the World’s Tallest Statue
Envisioned to rise nearly 600-feet-tall, the Unity Statue will be twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
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Denmark’s First Public Monument to a Black Woman Celebrates a 19th-Century Freedom Fighter
“I Am Queen Mary,” installed in Copenhagen, was inspired by Mary Thomas, who led a major uprising on the former Danish colony of St. Croix.
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Howardena Pindell Gets Her First Major Museum Survey
A survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago illustrates how the artist shifted from formalist painting to personal, political art.
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Apple Proposes New Emoji to Represent People with Disabilities
The 13 proposed emoji include icons of a hearing aid, prostheses, and two types of wheelchairs.
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A New Artist Residency Lands at LaGuardia Airport
Though it’s best known for cramped terminals and perpetual traffic jams, New York City’s smallest air travel hub will soon boast a rather unique amenity.
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Bean There, Done That: Houston Gets a Precursor of Chicago’s Shiny Anish Kapoor
“I think much more than ‘Cloud Gate,’ ‘Cloud Column’ is meant specifically to capture the heavens and bring them down to earth,” MFAH’s director, Gary Tinterow, told Hyperallergic.
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The World’s Best-Attended Museums and Exhibitions in 2017
The Louvre remained the world’s most visited museum last year, but Beijing’s National Museum of China is closing the gap, with just 100,000 fewer visitors.
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Tourist Attraction in Indonesia Rips Off Chris Burden, Yayoi Kusama, and Museum of Ice Cream
The new attraction includes a copy of Burden’s “Urban Light” called “Love Light,” a version of Kusama’s “Obliteration Room” dubbed “Love Lock,” and a whole section called “Museum of Ice Cream.”
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A Super-White Coating Based on a Beetle’s Scales Could Transform Paint
Developed from cellulose, it is remarkably thin and lightweight, and scatters light extremely well to achieve an incredibly bright white.
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A 100-Day Advent Calendar for Design Devotees, in Honor of Herb Lubalin’s 100th Birthday
The renowned font designer will be remembered in an online project created Cooper Union, his alma mater, highlighting various objects for a 100-day run.
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Pittsburgh Will Replace Racist Monument with Statue of a Black Woman
After the city decided to replace the statue of an antebellum songwriter, they are now asking the public to help vote on its replacement.
