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
Ai Weiwei has withdrawn his art from two museums in Denmark to protest a law passed yesterday by the Danish parliament viewed by many as an anti-immigration measure.
News
A pair of site-specific murals by Dorothea Rockburne that for two years seemed destined for removal or even destruction by a real estate group may now remain in their home of over two decades, the iconic Sony Tower designed by Phillip Johnson.
Art
In the past year alone, members of ISIS have marred cultural treasures in Iraq and Syria, taking sledgehammers and drills to statues at the Mosul Museum and delivering numerous blows to the ancient site of Palmyra, including its 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph.
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Yesterday, as part of his tour of Europe, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Rome's Capitoline Museums, where he met Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi.
In Brief
Since its discovery in 1994, the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in southern France has been a rich site for researchers to study prehistoric art, featuring early paintings of both animals and humans on its walls.
Art
Now in its 24th edition, the Outsider Art Fair has found a new home this year at the Metropolitan Pavilion, currently filled with the fair's largest number of exhibitors yet.
Art
When we think of X-rays, we generally think of the human body's skeletal structure, but in the 1930s, one osteopathist turned his attention to the anatomy of plants and used his X-ray machine as what it fundamentally exists as: a camera.
News
It appears that toting around any horned animal sculptures is enough to suggest one's connection to Satanism — or at least that appears to be the case in Lebanon.
In Brief
Conflict in Iraq has reduced yet another historic site to nothing more than piles of stone, with the blow delivered once more by ISIS.
Art
WASHINGTON, DC — Over the course of his career in the 17th century, the Japanese painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu produced a large body of intricate and decorative works on paper.
Art
The district of Kangbashi in Inner Mongolia, China, is famous for its emptiness.
Art
Before the widespread use of photomechanical printing processes to illustrate books, original, hand-mounted photographs largely embellished the pages of printed matter.