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Rhea Nayyar

Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York-based teaching artist who is passionate about elevating minority perspectives within the academic and editorial spheres of the art world. Rhea received her BFA in Visual Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Find her art updates at @rheanayyar.art on Instagram!

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Forget “Mummy,” It’s “Mummified Person” Now

by Rhea Nayyar 1 day agoJanuary 27, 2023

Some museums are opting for new language to describe the preserved individuals in their collections who were once living humans.

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What Does TikTok’s “Corecore” Have to Do With Dada?

by Rhea Nayyar 2 days agoJanuary 27, 2023

As art history buffs on the app have pointed out, both movements attribute meaning to the meaningless.

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Hamline Faculty Call for University President’s Resignation

by Rhea Nayyar 2 days agoJanuary 26, 2023

Fayneese Miller is under fire after the school failed to renew the contract of an adjunct who showed artworks depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

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An Afternoon in the Park With Shahzia Sikander’s Golden Monuments 

by Rhea Nayyar January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

The artist’s three-part commission at Madison Square Park includes a mythical female figure atop the Manhattan Appellate Courthouse.

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University Shutters Exhibition Featuring Klan Figures

by Rhea Nayyar January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

Several students of color at Arkansas Tech deemed Dominique Simmons’s artworks “racially insensitive.”

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SF Gallerist Arrested for Hosing Down Unhoused Woman

by Rhea Nayyar January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

“The alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable,” said the city’s district attorney.

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Getty Institute Acquires Trove of British Raj-Era Photography

by Rhea Nayyar January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

The collection includes many images of the region as seen through a European lens and the Western gaze.

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Professor Who Showed Images of Prophet Muhammad Sues University

by Rhea Nayyar January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Hamline University had characterized Erika López Prater’s display of the images as “Islamophobic,” an accusation it now recognizes as “flawed.”

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Which New York Museums Still Hold Native Remains?

by Rhea Nayyar January 17, 2023January 18, 2023

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Brooklyn Museum, among others, continue to hold the remains or possible remains of Native Americans.

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Submit Your Wildest Version of “Girl With a Pearl Earring”

by Rhea Nayyar January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

Your artwork could be shown at the painting’s home in the Netherlands while the original travels for an exhibition.

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Five Cultural Events to Celebrate MLK Day in NYC

by Rhea Nayyar January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

These free and low-cost workshops, screenings, performances, and more celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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New York’s Jewish Film Festival Is Back

by Rhea Nayyar January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

The 32nd edition of the festival will feature 29 films representing 16 countries screening at the Walter Reade Theater.

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