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After French Cathedral Was Set on Fire, Church Volunteer Admits to Arson
In Nantes, a blaze shattered the city cathedral’s historic stained glass windows and likely destroyed its 17th-century organ.
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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Turkish Activist and Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala Nears 1,000 Days in Prison
Kavala has been detained since 2017. Human rights activists have called for his release due to a lack of “facts, information, or evidence.”
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After Securing $4M in Donations, San Francisco Art Institute Will Remain Operational
After SFAI announced its likely closure, the school will retain all tenured faculty and plans to return to online instruction this fall.
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Penn Museum to Remove Skull Collection of Enslaved People
Activists and UPenn students have released a series of additional demands regarding the abolition of the Morton Cranial Collection.
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An Italian Land Artist Carved Joe Biden’s Face Into a Field of Wheat
Dario Gambarin created a portrait of the Democratic presidential candidate in a field near Verona with "Jump & Fly, Biden 2020." But why?
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Tenement Museum Lays Off 76 Workers, Including Entire Staff of Part-time Educators
The group of 71 educators constitutes 92% of the museum’s education staff.
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NYPD Proposes Stricter Regulations on Press Credentials
The proposal would expand the authority of officers to remove credentials from journalists and bar them from crossing police lines to cover news stories.
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White House Removes Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Portraits From Entrance Hall
The paintings have been removed from Trump’s daily route to the Oval Office and replaced with depictions of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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After 85 Years as a Museum, the Hagia Sophia Will Become a Mosque
Art historians and conservationists worry Turkish authorities might remove the centuries-old Byzantine mosaics that adorn it.
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Korean-American Artist Attacked in Manhattan
"People yell at me 'go back to China' or 'hey, coronavirus.' I face these attacks at least twice a week on my way to work," says Korean-American artist Kate Bae, who was physically assaulted near Bryant Park.
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Will TikTok Be Banned in the US?
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo says the proposed ban is an effort to "deny the Chinese communist party access to private information that belongs to Americans."
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Brooklyn Museum Lays Off 29 Workers; New Museum Lays Off 18
Both museums received Paycheck Protection Program loans in the millions.