In Brief
A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Ship Burial Was Discovered Underneath a Norwegian Farm
The ship, which dates back to the Viking Period or the earlier Merovingian period, was found with the help of a high-resolution, ground-penetrating georadar.
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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Tufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler Gallery
The billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world.
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Forensic Architecture Joins Journalists to Depict Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons
Investigative journalism website Bellingcat, with the help of research group Forensic Architecture, seeks to put an end to the theories that the harrowing chemical attack against civilians in April 2017 was a "false-flag operation."
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Hands Down, This 89-Year-Old Collector Has the Coolest Apartment in NYC
From Bruce Nauman to Do-Ho Suh sculptures, Henry Buhl’s SoHo loft is decorated entirely with artworks about one thing: hands.
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Danish Court Stops Watchmakers From Cutting Up An Artist's Work to Create Timepieces
The court issued an injunction against owners of the watch brand Kanske, who planned to slice up a painting by Danish artist Tal R and use the canvas pieces as decorative faces for a line of luxury wristwatches.
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Turner Prize Will Be Split Among All Four Nominees, at Their Request
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani, and Oscar Murillo told the judges in a letter, "The politics we deal with differ greatly, and for us it would feel problematic if they were pitted against each other."
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How the NYC Squatting Movement Shaped Art in the 1980s and ’90s
In an upcoming panel at the Interference Archive, artists from the Lower East Side Squatting Movement will discuss its radical legacy.
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New Palmyra Agreement Demonstrates Russia’s Continuing Soft Power Influence on Syria
The two countries signed a memorandum on the restoration of monuments and artifacts in the ancient city.
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German Police Release Footage of a High-Profile Museum Heist; Officials Say the Jewels Were Uninsured
The video shows two men breaking into the Green Vault at Dresden's Royal Palace with an axe, stealing a trove of 18th-century jewelry.
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Official 3D Scans of Nefertiti Bust Are Released After Three-Year Battle
After years of refusal and controversy, German cultural authorities allowed artist and designer Cosmo Wenman to publish scans of the 3,364-year-old bust under a Creative Commons license.
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Teacher Accused of Throwing Away Students’ Black Lives Matter Posters
The ACLU says the incident points to a larger issue of censoring Black students at school.
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“I Feel Like Me Again”: People With Dementia Share the Benefits of Art in a New Study
A study closely followed 25 participants of the Art and Dementia program at National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, finding that art helps balance cortisol levels and decrease "sundowning.”