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NYC’s American Folk Art Museum Is Closing for Renovations
The bite-sized beacon of self-taught artists is expected to reopen in phases starting this coming fall.
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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Pompeii Aerial Tour Helicopters Seized in Safety Investigation
Italian police claim that the tour company flew over the archaeological ruins without authorization, among other allegations.
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Child Damages Multimillion-Dollar Rothko Painting at Dutch Museum
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam is seeking conservation expertise after a child scratched the surface of “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” (1960).
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How a Tiny Crab Museum in the UK Stood Up For Trans Rights
Leaning on its expertise in biology, the museum said that “there are no binaries in nature” and called the recent anti-trans ruling “an abuse of science.”
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Art Green, Uncanny Painter of Chicago’s Hairy Who, Dies at 83
The artist made the familiar farfetched, infusing his work with a comic quality and threads of Surrealism that reimagined universal motifs.
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26-Foot Nick Cave Sculpture Heads to Michigan Sculpture Park
The artist’s bronze "Amalgam (Origin)" will join works by the likes of Auguste Rodin and Louise Bourgeois at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
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Memes Blame JD Vance for Pope Francis’s Passing
The disgraced VP has been catapulted into the meme-o-sphere yet again due to the suspicious proximity of his visit to the Vatican and the Pope's death.
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Your Low-Stress Guide to Spring Art Fairs and Events in NYC
A quick and easy lowdown on what to expect at the more than a dozen fairs opening soon, plus programs and other happenings coinciding with the frenzy.
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Nan Goldin Sells Prints to Benefit Gaza Animal Hospital
The fundraiser supports the resource-strapped Sulala Animal Rescue, whose “compassion is endless for the animals — the innocent victims of man’s folly,” the artist told Hyperallergic.
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Fresh Sets Examines the Fine Art of Nail Art
Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst argues that this wearable art form isn’t just an extension of our fingertips, but also an extension of ourselves.
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“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint
Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks.
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Toledo Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize
A majority of staff members voted in favor of organizing, citing the need for secure jobs, benefits, and wages amid an uncertain political climate.