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Rutgers University Accused of Unconstitutionally Defunding a Student Newspaper
The Daily Targum, Rutgers's 150-year-old student newspaper, is struggling for financial survival after it lost most of its funding in a recent student referendum.
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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The First Poster Museum in the United States Will Open its Doors in New York City
Poster House will open on June 20 with a survey of the works of famed Art Nouveau poster designer Alphonse Mucha and a selection of works by the German design collective Cyan.
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A Nonprofit Distributes $2 Million Worth of Art Supplies and Books to New York City Public Schools
Mister ArtSee received an in-kind donation of over 100,000 art education books and kits to be distributed to children in public schools throughout NYC.
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Turkish Filmmaker Chains Himself to Culture Ministry to Protest Confiscation of His Archive
Oktay Ince, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself to a pole outside the culture ministry in Ankara.
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Artists in 18 Major US Museums Are 85% White and 87% Male, Study Says
In response, artist and data journalist Mona Chalabi offered her version of what the composition of a museum collection should look like if it were to represent the entire population.
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Sudanese Artists Plan to Unveil the World’s Largest Protest Banner
The textile banner will stretch 1.9 miles long and feature paintings by hundreds of local artists, portraits of fallen activists, and signatures of thousands of protesters.
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A Cottage Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Is Facing Demolition
The honorary landmark in Glencoe, Illinois sold for $555,000. Its new owners asked for a demolition permit two weeks after the purchase.
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These Digital Stickers Bring New Life to the Renowned Unicorn Tapestries
Sunil Abraham, a quantitative researcher from Brooklyn, made 87 cutouts from the famous hangings.
In Brief
Banksy Sets Up an Unauthorized Art Stall in Venice
The anonymous artist set up a stall to showcase paintings of a cruise ship parked in the canal surrounding the city.
In Brief
MOCA Los Angeles to Implement a Free Admission Policy
The shift will be funded with a $10 million donation from MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers, who says: "Charging admission is counterintuitive to art’s ability and purpose to connect, inspire, and heal people.”
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Workers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Move to Unionize
A BAM employee says the union for administrative workers and cinema staff has been in the works for a year and a half, after workers “noticed a lack of transparency and discrepancies in codes of standards of conduct that BAM was holding for itself.”
In Brief
Cindy Sherman and Catherine Opie Unveil a Joint Project of Wearable Art
The two artists unveiled a new line of shell cameos made into rings, earrings, cufflinks, and pendants at the opening of the Venice Biennale.