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Artists React to the ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Online and on the streets, protesters are expressing their rage and grief through art.
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Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York City-based staff reporter at Hyperallergic. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has a passion for small-scale artworks, elevating minority perspectives, and dogspotting at art world events.
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Seeing Art Is Good for Your Nervous System, Study Finds
The new research posits museums and galleries as “accessible, non-clinical spaces for preventive health promotion,” per the study’s authors.
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Influencers and OnlyFans Models Turn to Artist Visas to Enter US
Digital content creators are reportedly adapting their metrics to apply for the O-1B visa for “extraordinary” abilities in the arts.
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Man Steals Sword From Joan of Arc Statue in Paris
The suspect reportedly climbed the bronze sculpture and broke off the French heroine’s weapon with a snap.
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Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian
"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and reuse.
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How “Heated Rivalry” Sparked Thirst, Hope, and Memes
A Canadian TV show about gay hockey romance unexpectedly became a moment of tender (but sexy) relief in an increasingly unfair world.
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15 Landmark Museum Acquisitions in 2025
A rare Jacob Lawrence painting, the Louvre’s first video artwork, a trove of Indigenous art, and a Frank Lloyd Wright house are on this year’s list.
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Odd-Shaped Cookie Cutters Spark Community and Creativity
A growing subreddit helps confounded users decipher the mystery cutouts, but not without some imaginative detours.
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Wes Anderson Brings Joseph Cornell’s Studio to Life
The whimsical filmmaker recreated the Queens artist's home studio at Gagosian Gallery in Paris, the city Cornell longed for but never visited.
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Banksy’s Latest Mural Is a Heartbreaking Christmastime Message
The elusive street artist’s latest stencil may reference the tens of thousands of unhoused children living in London.
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White House Renews Threats to Smithsonian Institution
A letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch reiterates that federal funds are conditional on the organization turning over records, including exhibition drafts.
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Debt Plagues Artists Regardless of Career Stage, Survey Finds
Data compiled by artist mentor Paddy Johnson from over 1,000 respondents indicates that “artists across all levels struggle with a lot of the same things.”