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Mexican Museum Removes Derogatory Art About Sex Workers
Ana Gallardo’s mural at MUAC included offensive descriptions and slurs directed at a shelter for older former sex workers in Mexico City.
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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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker Named President of National Gallery of Art
Walker has been credited with developing a major art acquisition fund for the DC museum, where he has been a trustee since 2019.
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“The Starry Night” Follows Laws of Physics That Weren’t Discovered Yet
Art lovers have long known that the Dutch painter saw the night sky like nobody else — and now scientists know it, too.
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What Makes a Successful Museum Land Acknowledgment?
Some Indigenous scholars have come to regard the standard land acknowledgment as “hollow” and “not enough.”
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Charli XCX Says She Chose Brat Cover Art to “Save Money”
The pop star revealed the real reason for the iconic design.
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Gaza Photo Pasted on Picasso Painting at UK’s National Gallery
Activists stuck the image of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass over "Motherhood" (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel.
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Museum Worker Throws Art in the Trash by Mistake
Artist Alexandre Lavet's aluminum replicas of beer cans at the LAM Museum in Lisse were a little too realistic.
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Middle Schooler Wins “I Voted” Sticker Contest With Unhinged Werewolf Design
Riffing on the “Wolf Ripping Shirt” meme, the 12-year-old artist’s entry is one of nine designs that will be made into stickers and distributed to voters next month.
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The Viral Performance Artist Who Takes the Form of Trash
Shoji Yamasaki imitates plastic bags and other detritus moving in the breeze in his entrancing choreography series Littered Mvmnts.
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Eric Adams Aide Sought China-Themed Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum
A new report details how Winnie Greco asked the museum to host a show about Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen — with a month-long turnaround time.
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Pesto the Penguin Waddles Into the Art History Canon
The bumbling penguin has captured the hearts of millions on the internet and spawned a wealth of fan art and illustrations.
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Mysterious Nude Effigy of Trump Appears in Las Vegas
The massive sculpture was deplored by the Republican party and was taken down less than a week before it was ordered to be removed.