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Guerrilla NYC Subway Ads Mock Trump, Giuliani, and Fox News Hosts
The Good Liars, the comic duo behind the spoofs, got its start during the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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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After Harlem Community Protests, Simone Leigh Withdraws Proposal for Central Park Sculpture
Vinnie Bagwell's sculpture "Victory" will instead replace the removed monument to J. Marion Sims, a gynecologist who performed brutal experiments on enslaved women in the 19th century.
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Three Desert X Board Members Resign in Protest of Saudi Collaboration
Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz, and Tristan Milanovich say the Saudi government’s violations of human rights and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi prompted their resignations.
Art
Fred Armisen's Comedic Jab at the Elitist Jargon of the Art World
In "Fred Armisen Art Aficionado" on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, the comedian presents himself as an art connoisseur with an "art historian's knowledge about every painting that has ever been painted."
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“We Feel Very Betrayed": Community Protests Replacement for J. Marion Sims Monument
Local stakeholders from the Beyond Sims Committee objected to a vote by a panel of judges appointed by New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Vatican Unveils New Sculpture as Homage to Refugees
“Angels Unaware” by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz shows 140 migrants in a refugee boat and is now on view in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square.
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David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards Will Curate the 2021 Whitney Biennial
Edwards and Breslin, two of the museum’s in-house curators, will curate the 80th edition of the biennial.
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Simone Leigh, Wangechi Mutu, Kehinde Wiley, and Vinnie Bagwell In the Running for New Central Park Memorial
The artists were selected as finalists to replace a statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century doctor who conducted violent surgeries on enslaved Black women.
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German Museum Will Give Artist Walid Raad Prize Despite City's Objection
Aachen withdrew its decision to award the Lebanese-American artist a €10,000 (~$10,900) prize for providing an "evasive" answer to an inquiry about his position on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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After Strained Negotiations, New Museum Signs Five-Year Contract With Union Workers
The workers achieved an across-the-board pay increase of 3% in the first four years of the contract, with a 3.5% increase in the final year.
In Brief
Brooklyn Art Nonprofit BRIC Announces $100,000 in Prizes for Under-Recognized Artists
Ten New York-based artists were awarded the first Colene Brown Art Prize. Each of them will receive a $10,000 no-strings-attached grant.
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New Museum Union Workers Threaten a Strike Over Contract Negotiations
The workers voted by a 96% margin to authorize a strike if their demands for higher wages, health care benefits, and improved worker safety are not met.