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Nude Performance at MFA Boston Confronts One of Art’s Oldest Tropes
Artist Xandra Ibarra's “Nude Laughing” sparks conversations about consent, viewer etiquette, art history, and the human body.
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.
A Buddha Is Reborn on the High Line
Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s sandstone and brass take on the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas reminds passersby that history repeats.
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Venice Biennale Awards Jury Won’t Consider Russia and Israel
The women-led jury said it will omit nations whose leaders are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
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Azerbaijan Destroys Armenian Holy Mother of God Church in Artsakh
Satellite imagery confirms that the regime demolished the church in Artsakh’s former capital city of Stepanakert.
Feature
What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York”
Plus, the works we’re on the fence about in the massive MoMA PS1 survey.
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Barbara Chase-Riboud Speaks Out on Declining US Biennale Pavilion
The sculptor told the Financial Times that “this was not the moment” to represent the nation at the Venice Biennale.
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Genesis P-Orridge’s Subversive Mail Art Goes on View
The late artist’s submissions to General Idea in the 1970s are the subject of a focused exhibition at Art Metropole in Toronto.
Art Review
MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting
The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner’s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside.
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“Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” Posters Emerge Across NYC
The signs protest the sponsors of this year’s event, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchéz, and target Amazon's alleged worker exploitation and links to ICE.
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Mexican Artist Alleges Plagiarism of Femicide Project
Elina Chauvet says her "Red Shoes" installation was staged in Bucharest without her knowledge or name.
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Gagosian to Debut New Gallery With Duchamp’s “Readymades”
The exhibition will run concurrently with the artist's first United States retrospective in over 50 years at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father
Vasquez was inspired by her Mexican immigrant parents to paint her celebrated 2017 portrait “The New American Gothic.”