One committee member resigned following antisemitism accusations and the other over the Israel-Hamas war.
Rhea Nayyar
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York-based teaching artist who is passionate about elevating minority perspectives within the academic and editorial spheres of the art world. Rhea received her BFA in Visual Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Find her art updates at @rheanayyar.art on Instagram!
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Thief Makes Off With $100K Chagall in NYC Gallery Break-In
A suspect wearing blue gloves carried the framed work down the sidewalk to their car and drove off.
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Climate Activists Crash Christie’s Auction in New York
“No art on a dead planet,” they chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels.
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Christie’s Pulls Paintings by Lebanese Artist After “Complaints”
“I did not expect this decision from Christie’s, as they have previously sold similar works of mine,” artist Ayman Baalbaki told Hyperallergic.
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Activists Rally at New York Times HQ to Call Out Gaza Coverage
Artists and writers including Nan Goldin and Eileen Myles handed out copies of a “New York Crimes” broadsheet and urged the paper to support a ceasefire.
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Washington Post Takes Down Offensive Anti-Palestinian Cartoon
The drawing by conservative cartoonist Michael Ramirez was widely criticized as “racist” and “orientalist.”
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New Haven Mural Honors Prison Abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore
The community-led artwork also spotlights the city’s continued advocacy for racial and economic justice.
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Averting Strike, Brooklyn Museum Union Ratifies First Contract
The union secured wage increases and other wins just a day before a planned strike deadline and amid an ongoing unfair labor practices complaint.
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Hunter Schafer’s Hand-Painted Dress Is a Wearable Mosaic
The design by Schiaparelli, known for its collaborations with Surrealist artists, further blurs the fuzzy lines between fine art and haute couture.
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Hundreds of Activists Surround Statue of Liberty to Call for Gaza Ceasefire
The action, attended by artists including actor Tavi Gevinson and photographer Nan Goldin, is the latest organized by the group Jewish Voices for Peace.
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Climate Activists Smash Velázquez Painting at UK’s National Gallery
Members of Just Stop Oil took a hammer to the glass protecting “Rokeby Venus” at the London museum.
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The TikTok Creator Making Nostalgia Cool
Fungkiigrrl’s absurd, retrofuturist TikToks connect us to places and things we know we can never experience again.
