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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.
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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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.”
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Mamdani Pulls a Marina Abramović at a Queens Museum
New York’s mayor-elect staged a 12-hour appearance at the Museum of the Moving Image, meeting with around 140 visitors for brief one-on-one meetings.
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Guggenheim Museum Launches New $50,000 Art Prize
Artist Catherine Telford Keogh is the inaugural winner of the Jack Galef Visual Arts Award.
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TIME’s “Person of the Year” Swaps Construction Workers for Tech Billionaires
Nothing says "person of the year" like replacing Depression-era workers with the billionaires making our skills obsolete.
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The Memes That Defined 2025
This year gave us the Hero With a Hero, the Coldplay couple, and the Somali diaspora's incredible flipping of the script on Trump's racism.
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Water Leak at Louvre Museum Damages Hundreds of Books
Unionized staff at the Paris institution pledged to strike if working conditions do not improve as tumult at the museum continues.
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Yale to Move Claes Oldenburg Lipstick Sculpture After Vandalism
The university said the work was relocated from its home of 50 years after etched letters were discovered on it.
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Hyperallergic’s Art World Wrapped 2025
See how you spent your minutes, money, and mental health in 2025's art world landscape.
Opinion
Pantone’s Color of the Year Sounds About White
After the year we’ve had, going with Cloud Dancer can easily be interpreted as a piercing dog whistle.
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Louvre Museum to Hike Entry Fee Amid Heist Fallout
Come January, visitors outside the European Union can expect to pay $37 per ticket, an increase the institution says will help finance security updates.