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Nan Goldin and Kara Walker Among 665 Artists to Endorse Bernie Sanders
“We strongly feel that only Sanders represents the values and virtues which all of us as cultural producers have always hoped to strive for,” the letter reads.
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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Coronavirus Outbreak Shutters Italian Museums; Event Cancellations Continue in China and South Korea
Amid reports on six deaths from the virus, authorities have instructed museums and festivals in Italian cities like Venice, Turin, and Milan to cease their operations for at least a week.
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The Artist Who Ate the Art Basel Banana Returns With a Surprisingly Sentimental Exhibition of His Own
For The Hungry Artist Exhibit, David Datuna invites us to reenact the “performance piece” in which he ate Maurizio Cattelan’s $120,000 banana artwork.
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Over 220 Artists and Cultural Workers Decry Over-Policing of NYC Subways in Open Letter
The letter, penned by advocates from the organizations the Black School and the Laundromat Project, condemns the recent vote to spend nearly $250 million on the deployment of 500 additional MTA officers in the city's subways.
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Spotlighting Immigrant Artists Enduring the Arduous Process of Applying for an O-1 Visa
THE EXTRAORDINARY at Hunter East Harlem Gallery presents work by artists who've gone to extraordinary lengths to make their work in this country.
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Homeland Security Banned Forensic Architecture’s Director From Entry to US
Set to attend the opening of his exhibition at Miami’s Museum of Art and Design, Eyal Weizman was told by an officer at the US Embassy in London that his visa was revoked for triggering a “security algorithm.”
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After Cooper Hewitt Director Is Ousted, Six Trustees Resign in Protest
Caroline Baumann was discharged from her position as museum director after the Smithsonian investigated an alleged conflict of interest regarding the dress and venue for her 2018 wedding.
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An Arts Festival For NYC Teens Offers Free Workshops, Performances, and More
Organized by 92Y, Teen Arts Week will return with participation from institutions like the Metropolitan Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
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Suffering From Lower Back Pain While Visiting a Museum? You're Not Alone
Posture specialist Mark Josefsberg coined the term the "Museum Walk" to describe the unhealthy way in which we move in museums, along with a guide on posture improvements that can help you avoid it.
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The Little-Known Story of a Frank Stella Work Once Mistaken for a Lunch Table
In 1972, Stella donated "Isfahan III" (1968) to the Museum of Solidarity in Chile. After a coup d'etat, the artwork disappeared for nearly 20 years, but its story is coming to light as the museum conserves the painting with the help of the Getty Foundation.
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Trump Threatens to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, Again
The 2021 budget proposal labels the NEA, as well as National Endowment for the Humanities, under the category of "wasteful and unnecessary funding."
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A Photo Series Shows a Deserted Shanghai Caused by Fears of Coronavirus
Shanghai-based American photographer nicoco captures the fear and isolation that the outbreak has caused, and how it has rendered China's largest metropolis a ghost city.