This week, satellite images capture lines of cars carrying Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, an Ethiopian painting looted by the British Museum, digitizing Urdu script, and much more.

Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin (she/her) is a writer and artist based in New York City. She currently works as Hyperallergic's editorial coordinator.
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This week, a hunger strike to end caste discrimination, Glossier’s rise and fall, puppies perform Mozart, writers sue OpenAI, and why is everyone mad at Hasan Minhaj?
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This week, influencers get paid to feed you crap, Naomi Klein’s “doppelganger,” the best Burning Man takedown, and why are we all calling each other “girl”?
15 Art Shows to See in New York This September
This month: Ruth Asawa, Michael Rakowitz, Math Bass, contemporary Native art, and more.
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This week, how to break up with your art-snob boyfriend, a pioneering woman graffiti artist, the rot in Rotten Tomatoes, and what would Ursula K. Le Guin have to say about AI-generated art?
The Imperfect Charm of Spring Break Art Show
Though lacking much of its former spark, the show continues to provide a niche for artists outside of the market-driven fair sphere.
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This week, metallic spheres from another solar system, the problem with compulsive gift-giving, shots of a rare blue moon, and much more.
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Maine, Oregon, New Jersey, and California.
Your Guide to Art Excursions Outside NYC This Fall
Here are 19 art exhibitions to check out in Upstate New York, Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
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This week, a new generation of “lesbian bars,” inequality in music streaming, Mexican-Punjabi communities in California, and who’s the artist behind the Strathmore sketchbook cover?
10 Art Shows to See in New York Right Now
Naudline Pierre’s otherworldly drawings, Yusuke Saito’s ceramic pizzas, Pueblo pottery, and more.