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Koyo Kouoh, Curator Tapped for 61st Venice Biennale, Dies at 57
The museum director would have been the first African woman to oversee the Biennale.
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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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A Late Feminist Sculptor Who Plumbed the History of Human Migration
Mary Ann Unger's massive biomorphic artworks, now on view in New York City, are shockingly prescient and powerful now more than ever.
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A Bronze Tribute to Motherhood Rises in Prospect Park
The new sculpture by artist Molly Gochman channels abstraction to honor and memorialize caregivers of all forms.
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Future Art Fair Enters Its Grown-Up Era
Having launched in the choppy waters of the pandemic, the show has since nestled comfortably into New York’s busiest fair week.
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This Year’s Met Gala Memes Prove We’re All Tired of This Shit
The lack of risk-taking and personal flair in this year’s outfits — particularly in celebrating Black dandyism — isn’t even worth our sass.
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No, That Was Not Rosa Parks on K-Pop Star Lisa’s Met Gala Outfit
Amid wild online speculation, it was revealed that the portraits on the black-lace jacket and bodysuit were designed by painter Henry Taylor for Louis Vuitton.
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US Government Calls for Venice Biennale Proposals Focused on “American Values”
The newly opened grant portal for the United States pavilion features updated Trumpian language and a shortened timeline for applications.
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Two Arrested at The Encampments Screening at UCLA
Footage shows police storming the campus ahead of an unofficial showing of the documentary, which focuses on pro-Palestine student protests.
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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.
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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.”