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This week, Vice Media helps the Saudi Arabian regime, Hollywood's favorite NYC locations, the reality behind why celebrities are talking up NFTs, a Pacific island nation welcomes digital residents, and much more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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NASA Unveils Awe-inspiring Image of Galaxy Threesome Gone Wrong
A new unusual image reveals what scientists believe are two galaxies that may have been struck by a third galaxy, proving threesomes rarely work, even in outer space.
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This week, the Tonga eruption as captured from space, Boston gets a big gift of Dutch and Flemish painting, 30 years of New Queer Cinema, an important Marcel Breuer house is demolished, and much more.
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Special Edition: Under-recognized Art Histories
To understand contemporary art, it is necessary to investigate the connections that are sometimes omitted or undervalued in art history.
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This week, Patrisse Cullors speaks, reviewing John Richardson's final Picasso book, the Met Museum snags a rare oil on copper by Nicolas Poussin, and much more.
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This week, another Benin bronze is returned to Nigeria, looking at the Black Arts Movement in the US South, Senegal's vibrant new architecture, why films are more gray, and much more.
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This week, a massive digital version of Rembrandt's "Night Watch," academics on Twitter, transgender and nonbinary methods of art history, the immorality of diet culture, and more.
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This week, debunking Christmas myths, Brian Eno on NFTs, artists we lost in 2021, garbage internet trends, and more.
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This week, the persistence of the non-modern, breaking up with the arts, photography and ethics, opera surprise, and more.
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Toppling Columbus with a Rainbow Cookie
Nothing is more boring than reducing Italian American identity into stereotypes, but artist John Avelluto avoids that with his wide-ranging aesthetic appetite.
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This week, I've included a lot of humor because with the recent news on the coronavirus variant, we can all use it.
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This week, a Frank Stella is installed as a public artwork in NYC, the women behind some iconic buildings, looting Cambodia, fighting anti-boycott laws, and more.