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Lebanese Art Community Joins Unprecedented Protests
As artists discuss the role of contemporary art in times of revolution and rally on the streets, 20 leading arts organizations issued a statement of solidarity with protesters across Lebanon.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Signs and Banners From the 2019 Protests in Downtown Beirut
Slogans and images have appeared all over downtown Beirut since around-the-clock protests started on Thursday, October 17.
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This week, the rich are hoarding, feminist performance art responds to rape, the story behind one of the most famous game show jingles, and more.
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Brooklyn Museum Is Trying to Sell a Francis Bacon Painting the Artist Wanted Destroyed
During his lifetime, Bacon wrote the museum that "It was a throw-out and it depresses me […] that it has years later found its way onto the art market and I would prefer if it were not exhibited."
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This week, a history of Porgy and Bess, talking to Simone Leigh, Amy Sherald, and Lorna Simpson, history of the Art Institute of Chicago's lions, otters chasing a butterfly, and more.
Podcast
After Kanders: Reflecting on the 2019 Whitney Tear Gas Biennial
As this year’s Whitney Biennial wraps up, we invited Hyperallergic critics and reporters to reflect on a tumultuous exhibition.
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This week, the northernmost hotel in the world, food culture may be killing us, college classism, a Gucci runway protest, a defense of fiction, and more.
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The Listings Project Shares How It's Created an Online Community
Close to 200,000 artist subscribers can't be wrong.
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36 Symbols, Including the “OK” Hand Sign, Added to Lexicon of Hate
The symbols of hate are evolving and the Anti-Defamation League has added dozens to it's "Hate on Display" database.
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This week, reviewing Félix Vallotton, whitesplaining history, a note to curators, women in the commercial art world, Judith Butler on anti-semitism, and more.
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Spanish-Speaking Art Students Clapback at Man Who Told Them to "Speak English"
Four art students in Savannah, Georgia, were confronted by a man telling them to speak English.
In Brief
Facing Protests, Ford Foundation President Reasserts Organization's Commitment to Ending Mass Incarceration
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has published a response to New York City's criminal justice community [https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/a-message-from-darren-walker-to-the-nyc-criminal-justice-community/], which is organizing the protest at the Ford Foundation today. He writes