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NYC’s Lesley Heller Gallery Will Close Permanently
The COVID-19 crisis has had tremendous impact on small and mid-sized galleries in New York.
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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Artists, Scholars, and Museum Workers Petition Museums to Retain Staff During Pandemic
“Before a single museum worker is laid off, let every mid-six- or seven-figure museum director draw a salary of zero,” reads one petition.
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The Pandemic’s Invisible Agent
Thin as one-thousandth the width of an eyelash, the malign virus appears to us in magnified images as a round glob of genetic material surrounded by a beady shell. The so-called crowns (corona in Latin) on its surface are its means of destruction.
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Virtually Tour World Heritage Sites
April 18 marks World Heritage Day. Visit UNESCO World Heritage sites like the Taj Mahal Stonehenge through Google Earth.
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How Is Banksy Spending Quarantine? By Turning His Bathroom Into a Work of Art
Stuck at home, Banksy has painted his bathroom with his signature cheeky rats, toppling products and ruining his toilet.
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NYC Man Arrested for Threatening to Bomb Central Park’s Alice in Wonderland Sculpture
Kevin Fallon, a 30-year-old New Yorker, was arrested on April 11 after police found three pipe bombs in his apartment.
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Memes Liken Trump’s “Council to Re-open America” to Scrooge McDuck and Skeletor
Twitter was flooded with spot-on parodies of Trump’s task force after Fox News speculated that the council’s members will include Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Steve Mnuchin.
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After 150 Years, Looking Back at the Metropolitan Museum’s 10 Most Visited Exhibitions
The COVID-19 pandemic has stalled the anniversary celebrations of the largest museum in the United States.
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Frye Art Museum Workers Say Layoffs Motivated by Union Busting
Donning face masks and gloves, and standing six feet apart, workers picketed the Seattle museum, saying two union representatives were unjustly targeted.
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Artists Across the Internet Make Tributes to Dr. Anthony Fauci
On social media, Fauci is being celebrated with admiring portraits, from cartoons to sock puppets bearing his image.
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UOVO Art Handlers File Labor Board Complaint Saying They Were Laid Off for Union Support
“Six of the seven permanently laid off workers played key roles in last year’s effort to win union recognition and improve working conditions,” Local 814 tells Hyperallergic.
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Artists Decorate Hospital ICUs With Encouraging Posters
Elizabeth Jaeger, an artist, and Cady Chaplin, a nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, started a campaign for artists to submit illustrations, paintings, and digital edits thanking healthcare workers.