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Latinx Scholars, Curators, and Artists Urge El Museo del Barrio to Stay True to Its Mission
A letter penned by a group of Latinx artists, scholars, and community activists accuses the museum of straying from its identity and mission.
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.
In Brief
Mercedes-Benz Is Suing Artists Who Accused the Car Company of Copyright Infringement
"An advertisement for a Mercedes Benz car that costs $200,000, without any compensation to me, or without even asking my permission first, is totally unacceptable," one of the artists said.
In Brief
A Tiny Danish Town Will Get Western Europe's Biggest Skyscraper
The planned project will rise 1,049 feet tall in a rural town of just 7,000 people.
Satire
Jeff Koons Announces Retirement from Art
The celebrity artist says a religious epiphany inspired the unexpected decision.
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Decolonize This Place Launches "Nine Weeks of Art and Action" with Protest at Whitney Museum
The activist organization, which demands the removal of Whitney vice chairman Warren Kanders from the board, gathered at the museum to protest alongside activists from the 30 groups that have come out to support its mission.
Art
A Photography Exhibition Corrects a Mainstream Museum's Failure
Our Land, mounted as a reply to a controversial show at the Brooklyn Museum, features contributing artists from North Africa and West Asia and their diasporic communities.
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PAIN Sackler Storms Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums for Financial Ties to Opioid Manufacturers
The drug policy advocates, led by photographer Nan Goldin, held a covert die-in at the Guggenheim, then marching to the Met to publicly protest on its steps.
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Protesters Object to Display of Looted Objects at Israel's Bible Lands Museum
Finds Gone Astray features 40,000 artifacts confiscated from looters and unauthorized dealers in antiquities over the past 50 years. The protestors demand the immediate removal of the exhibition and the repatriation of the stolen items to the Palestinian Authority.
News
Ronald McDonald’s Crucifixion Triggers Protests at Israeli Museum
Freedom of speech advocates butt heads with institutions protecting the sanctity of religious imagery.
In Brief
Israeli Government Sends Letter to German Chancellor Requesting the Country Cut Funding to Jewish Museum in Berlin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office sent the letter directly to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, voicing disapproval for the museum's exhibition Welcome to Jerusalem.
Art
How to Organize a Biennial In Occupied Territory
The Qalandiya International is in its fourth iteration and offers a bounty of solutions for curators working outside centers of power and wealth.
Art
The Stakes Are High for a Museum in the Holy Land
A museum in Jerusalem addresses skeptics who doubt the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth.