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Egypt Officially Criminalizes Climbing the Pyramids
Under new articles in the country’s antiquities protection law, climbing monuments and smuggling antiquities out of the country will result in high fines and jail sentences.
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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A Journalist's Citizenship Is Revoked Months After Criticizing the Indian Prime Minister
More than 260 leading writers, journalists, and artists signed a PEN America letter calling on the Indian government to reverse its decision to rescind a citizenship document for Aatish Taseer. Signatories include Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, and Christiane Amanpour.
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China Sides with Greece Over Return of Parthenon Marbles
President Xi Jinping, expressed his support of Greece's request to win back the 2,500-year-old friezes after 30 years of British refusal.
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Venice Biennale's Iraq Pavilion Indefinitely Closed Last Week In Solidarity with Anti-Government Protests
Ruya Foundation, the Baghdad-based nonprofit foundation that organized the country's pavilion, announced a strike last week.
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Extreme Flooding in Venice Kills Two People; Biennale Shutters As Safety Precaution
Local authorities called for a state of emergency in the worst floods to hit the lagoon city in more than 50 years.
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Guerrilla Girls Target MoMA Trustees With Ties to Jeffrey Epstein in an Ad Takeover
After posting about Leon Black and Glenn Dubin's alleged connections to the sex offender online, Guerrilla Girls partnered with Art in Ad Places to send a message to the museum.
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A Night With Yayoi Kusama's Die-hard, Selfie-taking Fans
Our reporter visited the public opening of Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at David Zwirner to ask fans why they’d waited hours for a 30-second glimpse at one of her world-famous infinity rooms.
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"Anuses on Stems"? Parisians React to Jeff Koons's Gift to the City
Our reporter spoke with Parisians and tourists to hear their opinion of the artist's controversial gift to the city, a monumental "Bouquet of Tulips."
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Iraqi Artists Face Travel Obstacles to Visit Gulf Wars Exhibition at MoMA PS1
Some of the artists participating in the exhibition were denied travel visas to the US, while others had no chance of attending the exhibition's opening because of Trump's travel ban or their asylum status in other countries.
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Salvador Dalí's Tarot Cards Will Tell Your Surreal Future
The deck was originally created for the 1970s James Bond film Live and Let Die, starring Roger Moore and Jane Seymour, but it never appeared in the picture.
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NYC Culture Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl Resigns in Surprise Announcement
The once omnipotent commissioner leaves his post after a stormy six-year tenure at the commission. The city provided no specific reason for his abrupt resignation.
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$1 Million Inaugural Art Prize Goes to Artist Doris Salcedo
The internationally acclaimed artist is the inaugural recipient of the world's largest art award.