In Brief
Iconic 12th-Century Mosque Destroyed During Battle of Mosul
The Grand Al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul was destroyed as Iraqi forces were poised to retake the major Iraqi city that has been under ISIS control since 2014.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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This week, Koch Brothers and arts funding, touring the National Museum of Taiwan, a monument commemorating the generosity of the Choctaw Nation to the Irish, urbanism and Apple's new HQ, the mysteries of "bog bodies" unveiled, and more.
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This week, the earliest humans, an enjoyable Bernadette Corporation takedown, feminist craftivism, Afrosurrealism, Arizona's strange Confederate monuments, and more.
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This week, Pink Floyd calls Trump a pig, the problem with the Met Gala, working with Barkley L. Hendricks, an indigenous curator's view of the Venice Biennale, reviewing Vanessa Bell, and more.
In Brief
Putin Says Hackers Are Like Artists "Who Wake Up in the Morning in a Good Mood and Start Painting"
What's the difference between hackers and artists anyway?
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Study Claims 80.5% of Artists Represented by NYC’s Top 45 Galleries Are White
How diverse are the artists shown at New York's art galleries? Well …
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This week, South Korea's HighLine, the new Marciano Art Foundation in LA, gentrifying African art, chemtrail conspiracy theorists, peak latte, and more.
Opinion
In Saudi Arabia, Trump Touches Glowing Orb and Unleashes Memes
What is the orb and why is it so strange? The internet has a few suggestions.
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This week, the world's largest watercolor painting, the bedcover Rauschenberg stole, the language of autocrats, Crapumenta, Apple's new HQ, and more.
Art
Brooklyn Arts Council Celebrates Over 50 Years of Helping Artists
For over half a century, Brooklyn Arts Council continues to foster the borough's vibrant art community.
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The Wonder of Precarious Fabric Sculptures
This one-room exhibition is most interesting when it walks around the intersection of many worlds.
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This week, Peggy Guggenheim's life in Venice, curating Black Radical Women in Brooklyn, talking to art dealers in Santa Fe, the horrible Damien Hirst show, the legacy of Confederate monuments, and more.