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.
In Brief
If you most vividly remember The Little Mermaid as told by Disney, with the mermaid princess and her prince sailing off together beneath a rainbow, now is the time to revisit Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale, which is much, much darker.
News
Home to one of the first and largest collections devoted to the Bauhaus, Harvard Art Museums now has a new, online resource that makes it easier to navigate these holdings.
Art
I'd expected the exhibition of 45, wood-paneled mini-fridges at the Lower East Side's Denny Gallery to offer a literally cool breather from this sweltering summer, but none of them were running.
News
In the 1950s and '60s, tens of thousands of students across the US were receiving an arts education by mail, through correspondence courses designed and distributed by the Famous Artists School on painting, illustration, and cartooning.
Art
Starting tomorrow, visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will have a rare opportunity to experience what usually occurs behind the scenes in conservation labs.
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News
Today, Donald Trump stood nude in the center of Union Square.
News
On Monday, legendary tech shop Tekserve shuttered after a 29-year-run. On August 23, though, you can bid to own a piece of Tekserve history, with nearly 500 objects that filled all rooms of the store going to auction, from old typewriters to bulky vintage cameras.
News
In May, the Art Not Oil coalition penned a 40-page report that suggests how BP takes advantage of its relationship with its sponsored cultural institutions, requesting that the Museums Association examine whether these deals are at all unethical.
In Brief
Archaeologists with Cyprus's Department of Antiquities recently came across a rare, sweeping mosaic floor that depicts the ancient sport of chariot racing held in a Roman hippodrome.
In Brief
It is the botched restoration that just keeps giving. Beast Jesus — the "Ecce Homo" fresco that now resembles a primate thanks to octonagerian restorer Cecilia Giménez — will make its stage debut this month.
News
Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed has accused Topshop of plagiarism after discovering a T-shirt on the company's website printed with an image that resembles his signature artworks.
Books
You'd think that fun lies with their walls of colorful stripes, but inside the bright tents is the deadly gas of sulfuryl fluoride, quietly building up to eliminate nesting drywood termites.