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This Gallery Wants You to Touch the Art
At an upcoming exhibition of Henry Moore’s works, visitors will be allowed — and even encouraged — to touch the art with their bare hands.
Hakim Bishara
Hakim Bishara is Hyperallergic's Editor-in-Chief. He 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.
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“Strike MoMA” Protest Attracts 300+, NYPD Tackles and Arrests Protester Who Waved Palestinian Flag
The museum also confirmed that five activists from the “Strike MoMA” campaign have been permanently banned from its premises.
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NYC Artists Project Messages of Solidarity With Palestine
Against the view of Manhattan’s skyline, messages read: “Defend Palestine”; “Defend Sheikh Jarrah”; “All Eyes on Palestine”; and more.
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Met Museum Acknowledges It Is on Lenape Land with New Plaque
The initiative was led by curators Patricia Marroquin Norby and Sylvia Yount.
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COVID-19 Sucks, So Dracula’s Castle Is Now a Vaccination Center
Romanian vampires prefer the Pfizer vaccine.
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Palestinian Actress Shot by Israeli Police in Haifa Protest
Maisa Abd Elhadi was featured in Larissa Sansour’s film at the Danish Pavilion in the 2019 Venice Biennale, as well as the Palestinian 2020 Oscar submission Gaza Mon Amour.
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Over 100 Art Workers Demonstrate to Demand Relief for NYC’s Cultural Sector
Some participants who are leaders of art nonprofits say they were excluded from the state’s COVID-19 relief funds for small businesses.
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NYC Launches a $25M WPA-style Recovery Program for the Arts
The City Artist Corps, is expected to create jobs for more than 1,500 artists in NYCmore than 1,500 artists in NYC
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Meh, Frieze Is Back
Mixed feelings aside, we can all agree on one thing: it was better than an online viewing room.
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Smithsonian Digitizes the Vast Archive of Artist Charles White
More than 17,000 items make up this collection of photographs, writings, correspondence, and biographical material from 1933 throughout the artist's life.
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Strike MoMA Calls Glenn Lowry “Gaslighter-in-chief” Over Leaked Email
An email from the head of the Museum of Modern Art to staff claims protesters were violent, and omits mention of an alleged assault by a guard.
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Germany Announces Plan to Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City is being considered as a future home for the returned artifacts.