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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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Showing Your Kids Art a “Total Waste of Time,” Artist Says
Jake Chapman said that bringing kids to view art is a “total waste of time,” the Independent reported.
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NYC Housing Realities: 53,000 Artists Apply for 89 Affordable Apartments
Last May, developers for subsidized artist housing in East Harlem began accepting tenant applications for the building’s 89 units. By the July 14 deadline, over 53,000 artists had responded, DNAinfo reported.
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Satanist Gallery Brings Charles Manson to Chinatown
A new gallery calling itself “the official art gallery of Satan” is reopening Friday in Chinatown, lodged between a gift shop and the True Buddha Temple Chinatown.
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Gilbert & George’s Sculptural Life on Film
“Art for All” is at the core of artist duo Gilbert & George’s work, a slogan they champion in aiming to break from the trappings of an art scene they find elitist.
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Portrait of Naked Man Ignites Controversy on Streets of New York
A photograph of a nude male in a downtown Manhattan gallery’s front window has drawn protests from neighborhood parents and schoolteachers requesting its removal.
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Foul Weather Foils Floating Fowl Facsimile
A Chinese company is on the hunt for the world’s largest rubber duck, last seen Wednesday floating on a river in southwest China, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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The Unstable Art of Pattern Recognition
Fixed Unknowns, the current exhibition on the upper level of Taymour Grahne Gallery, breeds constant questioning of the image before the eyes.
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Artist Royalties Bill Has 16 Congressional Co-Sponsors
The American Royalties Too (ART) Act calls for the return of 5 percent of a work’s resale value to its maker if it sells at auction for over $5,000, with royalties capped at $35,000.
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A Demographic Breakdown of the World’s 200 Top Art Collectors
Hyperallergic has taken it on ourselves to crunch the numbers and scan the demographics of ARTnews magazine’s top 200 art collectors in the world.
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Japanese Artist In Trouble for Making Her Genitals Available to Others
Police in Tokyo have arrested a female artist on charges of obscenity, with investigators claiming that she distributed electronic data that could be used to replicate models of her genitals using a 3D printer, The Japan Times reported.
