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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards $1.3M to 255 Artists and Arts Orgs
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council also named 18 artists in residence at its new Arts Center on Governors Island.
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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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Ukrainian Artists Are Building Anti-Tank Obstacles
Volo Bevza and other artists are helping construct the anti-tank obstacles known as “hedgehogs” in an old metal workshop in Lviv.
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Wexner Center for the Arts Workers Move to Unionize
The workers are urging the leadership of the Ohio arts institution to voluntarily recognize their union.
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Calling For “No-Fly Zone” Over Ukraine, Artists Launch Hundreds of Paper Planes at Guggenheim Museum
"Protect the sky over Ukraine," read the flyers-turned-planes, created by a group of New York-based artists and activists.
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New York’s Rubin Museum Will Help Preserve the Collection of One of Nepal’s Oldest Monasteries
Itum Bahal is known as the oldest and most important Buddhist monastery in Nepal’s capital.
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Ukrainian Artists Speak Out As Invasion Intensifies
"We've been screaming into the void for years," said artist Luba Drozd, who's been active in raising awareness about the crisis in her home country.
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One of the Most Famous Images of the 20th Century Is Going Up For Auction
Man Ray’s surrealist portrait of Kiki de Montparnasse, “Le Violon d’Ingres” (1924), could become the most expensive photograph ever sold.
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Manchester Museum Director Reportedly Ousted For Pro-Palestine Statement
Alistair Hudson allowed Forensic Architecture to exhibit a statement in support of Palestinians after a pro-Israel group had successfully campaigned for its removal.
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140+ Artists and Scholars Call on NYC to Reverse Relocation of Roosevelt Statue to North Dakota
The letter, signed by artists including Alicia Grullon, Michael Rakowitz, Walid Raad, Dread Scott, and Hans Haacke, says the city failed to consult Indigenous leaders in the state.
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Painter Andrew Wyeth's Beloved Islands Are Acquired by Colby College
Allen and Benner, two islands off the coast of Maine, will become home to campus for arts and climate research.
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Bored Security Guard Accused of Doodling on Avant-Garde Painting
Jeepers, creepers, we know exactly how this painting got those peepers.
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Obama Portraits Tour Adds New Stops In San Francisco and Boston
The paintings were set to return to Washington, DC, but will instead go to the de Young Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.