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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.
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 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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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An "Alternative Museum Guide" Explains the Kanders Controversy to Whitney Biennial Visitors
An altered replica of the Whitney Museum's spring guide, released by the collective (D)IRT, was created in an effort to educate museum visitors about the Whitney's relationship to gentrification, diversity, and controversies surrounding its board.
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Activist Arrested During Protest on Subway Ride to the Whitney Museum for Protest Against Warren Kanders [UPDATED]
The protesters occupied the C subway line from East New York to Chelsea, and were confronted with large police forces at the final stop. One protester was arrested.
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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open
The museum, which preserves the history of one of the first free Black communities in New York, says that if a new crowdfunding campaign does not yield $200,000 before July, it will be forced to shut its doors for lack of resources.
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The Art Gallery of Ontario Makes Admission Free for Visitors 25 and Below
The Toronto museum will also stop charging added fees for special exhibitions in an effort to increase and diversify its audience.
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A Greek Island Will Get Its First Contemporary Artwork in 5,000 Years
British artist Antony Gormley is the first to present new works on the island, a UNESCO world heritage monument and important site in Greek mythology, since was inhabited.