Plaintiff Cheri Pierson accuses the disgraced financier of a “brutal” sexual attack at the Manhattan mansion of Jeffrey Epstein.
Hakim Bishara
Hakim Bishara is a Senior Editor at Hyperallergic. He is also a co-director at Soloway Gallery, an artist-run space in Brooklyn. Bishara is a recipient of the 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation and Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant and he holds an MFA in art writing from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Follow him on Instagram @hakimbishara and send him your tips, comments, and questions at hakim@hyperallergic.com.
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Climate Activists Go Warhol on Van Gogh, Splashing “Sunflowers” With Tomato Soup
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Required Reading
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MoMA’s Cruel Offer to Unionized Workers During the Pandemic
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Imperialist Violence Undergirds Hew Locke’s Majestic Met Museum Facade Sculptures
The Guyanese-British artist’s commission for the museum was created in a tense dialogue with collection objects that are connected to conquest.
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At the Rolls-Royce of art fairs, I found chatty visitors, some good art, and works so bad they deserved their own section.
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Israeli Forces Kill 22-Year-Old Gaza Artist
Duniyana Al-Amour was one of at least 44 Palestinians killed in Israel’s latest attack on Gaza.
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Required Reading
This week, criticism of New York’s proposed “feminist jail,” activists are losing steam, cultural appropriation parodies on TikTok, and more.
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Required Reading
This week we discuss tanning, butt lift surgeries, trigger warnings, Documenta 15, and more.
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We may be but a speck of dust in this vast universe, but we’ve got jokes.