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Artist Covertly Hangs #MeToo-Inspired Wall Labels at the Met Museum
Michelle Hartney posted the guerilla wall labels next to the artwork of Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso, calling out their abusive or misogynistic histories.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Anti-BP Protesters Sip Oily Champagne in Satirical Performance at the British Museum
Performers dressed as BP employees sipped oil-contaminated champagne, and protesters displayed facts about BP's exploitation of Iraqi resources.
In Brief
Ahead of Midterm Elections, Wall Street's "Fearless Girl" Dons a Bulletproof Vest
Manuel Oliver, artist and father to one of 17 victims of the tragic Stoneman Douglas mass shooting, says, “She can’t be fearless if she’s afraid to go to school.”
Interview
Rethinking the Archive of Black Visual Culture with Deborah Willis
The photographer, curator, and academic founded the Center for Black Visual Culture at NYU to animate conversations about the archive of African American imagery from the 19th century to today.
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Publishers Say They Were Harassed by Airport TSA Returning from a New York Art Book Fair
David King and Jaime Raybin say they were berated by TSA at LaGuardia Airport about copies of Skull Microwave, a controversial book by political artist Marlos E'vans.
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Week in Review: Syrian National Museum Reopens and La Sagrada Familia Fined $141M
An artist vandalized Francisco Franco’s tomb, Venice museums reopen after unprecedented flooding, and more.
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Art Movements
Hito Steyerl won the 2019 Käthe Kollwitz Prize, Thomas Campbell will lead the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Flux Factory has announced a fellowship for disabled artists, and more.
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A Phony Newsstand Brings Fake News to Bryant Park
The public project, organized by the Columbia Journalism Review, "aims to expose the dangers of misinformation and educate citizens on how to recognize false news, a timely message as the midterm elections approach."
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Beloved Lower Manhattan Sculpture Garden Defends Itself as City Demands Total Removal
Advocates of the Elizabeth Street Garden say the City is pitting community gardens against affordable housing.
In Brief
How to Build Your Own Banksy Shredder
Fab Lab Irbid, a workshop for personal digital fabrication, has released free step-by-step instructions for home artists and engineers to manufacture their own Banksy frame.
In Brief
Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami Challenge Counterfeit Exhibitions of Their Art in China
The artists called the exhibitions "malicious," and plan to pursue legal recourse once the responsible parties are identified.
Art
The Potential of Ancestral Memory to Reconcile Personal and Racial Histories
In his exhibition at Yours Mine & Ours gallery Steve Locke aestheticizes the entanglement of personal, familial, and racial histories which sits upon the mantel of every Black American home.