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Faculty at Philadelphia's University of the Arts Push to Unionize
On Labor Day, adjunct and full-time faculty at UArts announced their union efforts and rallied outside the school to ask the university to voluntarily recognize their union.
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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SFMOMA Workers Call for Major Reform During Public Board Meeting
“My experiences at SFMOMA made me never want to work at a museum ever again,” a former worker said in a meeting with the museum’s trustees.
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Spectacular Images of the September “Corn Moon”
The Corn Moon, named by Native Americans to indicate the beginning of the corn harvest season, is the last full moon of the summer.
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Petition Wants to Replace Confederate Statue With Monument to Chadwick Boseman
Over 40,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling to replace a Confederate monument in Anderson, South Carolina with a statue of the late Black Panther star.
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This Courtroom Artist Has Sketched Some of the Most High-profile Cases of the Century
With cameras forbidden in federal trials, Jane Rosenberg’s drawings of high-profile trials, including Steven Bannon, Jeffrey Epstein, and Harvey Weinstein, offer unique insights.
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Charlie Hebdo Reprints Controversial Cartoons of Prophet Mohammad
Coinciding with today’s trial for the alleged accomplices in the 2015 terrorist attack which killed 11 employees, the satirical paper reprinted the drawings.
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Jordan Frees Jailed Cartoonist After Global Outcry
Emad Hajjaj was arrested hours after posting a cartoon satirizing the diplomatic agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
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We Visited the New, Socially Distant Metropolitan Museum After Its Five-month Closure
The general consensus among Met visitors during its members-only reopening seemed to be a mix of relief to get out of the house, and awe at the massive museum’s unprecedentedly sparse galleries.
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Cycling to the Metropolitan Museum? Now, You Can Valet Your Bike
The unusual service will be available from the museum’s August 27 reopening through September 27.
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MoMA Chairman Leon Black Will Be Subpoenaed in Virgin Islands for Jeffrey Epstein Ties
The subpoenas will seek financial statements and tax returns from Black's companies as part of a greater effort to clear the mystery of how Epstein had amassed his incredible wealth.
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Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump's Presidential Pardon
An attempt to appeal to women by President Trump may have backfired.
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A Very Duchampian Protest Action at Tate Modern
A curious sign in a bathroom at Tate Modern was created to protest lay offs at one of the UK's biggest museums.