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The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
“Getty Wrapped 2020” — made in the style of Spotify's “Wrapped” lists — offers insight into the most popular search terms for art lovers this year.
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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Egyptian Model Arrested Over “Inappropriate” Photoshoot at Archaeological Site
Salma El-Shimy cheekily referenced Egyptian rulers Nefertiti and Cleopatra in several posts on her social media platforms.
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Archaeologists Discover Eight Miles of Prehistoric Rock Art, “the Sistine Chapel of the Ancients”
Tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans, made up to 12,600 years ago, were found along the Guayabero River in the Colombian Amazon.
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Tate Will Cut 12% of Workforce, Eliminating 120 Full-time Jobs
Workers across all departments are being encouraged to accept voluntary redundancies, including offers for early retirement, reduced working hours, or a career break.
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After Controversial Installation of Migrant Ship at Venice Biennale, Artist Fails to Return Boat to Italy
After being criticized for failing to recognize the migrants who died when the ship crashed, Büchel is making headlines again as he is accused of failing to return the ship to its legal owner, the town of Augusta in Sicily.
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Utah Monolith Copycat Appeared in Romania, but Just as Quickly Disappeared
Also, Reddit sleuths have created a new theory connecting the steel sculptures in Romania and Utah.
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Massive Protests Sparked by Proposed Ban on Publishing Photographs of French Police
The now discarded bill follows condemnation by the French government of hacker-artist Paolo Cirio, who featured the profiles of police officers in an exhibition to raise awareness about the threat of facial recognition technology.
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Mystery Monolith has Disappeared From Utah Desert Overnight
The monolith has since been replaced with a new abstract sculpture, creating the shape of an arrow to mark the sculpture’s former location.
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Internet Sleuths Locate Mysterious Monolith in Utah
Visitors have already started to show up at the site of the unusual, reflective monolith in the remote canyons of Utah.
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Majority of Faculty at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Vote to Unionize
In a ballot count on November 24, 99% voted “yes” to join the United Academics of Philadelphia.
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A Mysterious Steel Monolith, Reminiscent of Minimalist Sculpture, Discovered in Utah Canyons
Myriad theories about the sculpture emerged on the internet, ranging from a secret project by Richard Serra to an alien invasion.
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Artists and Activists Demand Justice for Two-year-old Killed by Belgian Police
An animated video raises awareness about Mawda Shawri, a two-year-old Kurdish-Iraqi refugee who was killed by Belgian police during a high-speed police chase.