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
The Canadian government has pledged to invest nearly CAD 1.9 billion (~USD 1.4 billion) in the nation's arts and culture over the next five years to promote Canadian creativity both at home and abroad.
News
Yesterday, Sweden became the first country to install its own phone number, inviting anyone around the world to dial in and connect with a random Swede.
In Brief
Alejandro Aravena, the recipient of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, has released a collection of his low-cost housing plans online as an open-source resource — an attempt to help tackle the growing global housing shortage.
News
You may be quick to identify a portrait unveiled this week in Amsterdam as a never-before-seen painting by Rembrandt.
Art
Once actually home to a 99-cent store, 99¢ Plus Gallery currently resembles a business in the lighting district on the Bowery — one that would take the cake for the most eccentric wares along that electrified stretch.
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Art
On Easter Sunday, a tombstone engraved with Donald Trump's name and the message "Made America Hate Again" mysteriously popped up in the middle of Central Park.
Art
For the next couple of months, a museum on wheels will roam through the crowded streets of Dharavi, a village in Mumbai home to about one million people packed across just 500 acres.
Books
Originally intended purely as tools for navigation, maps have long branched off from this practical function to become an unexpected medium for visual expression.
Art
Can a house sustain itself by eating its own tail?
News
Swedish archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old necropolis in Egypt that dates to the New Kingdom and holds dozens of tombs containing remnants of ancient artifacts.
News
The New York Public Library has launched an incredibly handy new tool for anyone conducting photography-related research or simply interested in exploring the history of the medium through the lives of its practitioners.
In Brief
The destination of all of Cairo's trash is widely known internationally as "Garbage City." But over the past few weeks, the neighborhood of Manshiyat Naser has been witnessing an unexpected and vivid creation spread across its landscape, towering over the dirty discards that line its streets.