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Ex-Pussy Riot Member Says She Was Recruited by Russia to Spy on Artists
Margarita Konovalova, who performed in the collective under the alias Rita Flores, fled Russia earlier this month with the help of her lawyer.
Rhea Nayyar
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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US State Department Takes Down “Woke” Kehinde Wiley Painting
“Young Artists After Siamesa 1960” (2015) was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic and could be sold.
New York Newsletter
Dazed and Confused at the New Museum
New Triennial in Western NY, NYC’s investment in public art, and a beer with Rina Banerjee.
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Amid Trump’s Threats, a Potential Home for Smithsonian Latino Museum
The Smithsonian board will reportedly vote on housing the fledgling institution in the recently reopened Arts & Industries Building — a move that would allow it to bypass Congressional approval.
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Heatwaves in France Damage Beloved Flowers at Monet’s Gardens
Gardeners at the painter’s home and garden in Giverny said that nasturtiums will have to be replanted for next year’s bloom.
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MIT Students Can Now Borrow Works by Jennie C. Jones and Nayland Blake
The MIT List Visual Arts Center added nine new works to the Student Lending Collection for the program's 49th anniversary.
New York Newsletter
Who Stole the Guggenheim’s Picasso?
The museum sues to retrieve a piece stolen in 1961, Dean Millien’s aluminum-foil animal sculptures, and more.
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NYC Culture Commissioner Diya Vij Appoints Bryan Joseph Lee as Deputy
The cultural strategist and producer will work alongside the curator and commissioner at the Department of Cultural Affairs.
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New Digital Archive Honors Gaza Journalists Killed by Israel
The project developed by the Writers Against the War on Gaza serves as a digital memorial for the around 240 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023.
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“American Doctor” Is an Indictment of US Leadership and Media
The new documentary follows three humanitarian physicians as they grapple with the horrors of the US-funded genocide in Gaza.
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Elvira Dyangani Ose to Succeed Koyo Kouoh at Zeitz MOCAA
The Spanish curator will steer the South African institution after the untimely loss of its late leader.
New York Newsletter
Art Dispatches From “Habibi City”
Alan Michelson’s oyster-shaped public artwork on Governors Island, a fragment of The Odyssey at The Met, and Simone Forti talking about her days in Yoko Ono’s Manhattan loft.