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“Chinatown is Not a Museum,” Protesters Chant at MOCA Gala
Activists accused the Museum of Chinese in America of complicity in the construction of a new Chinatown jail and the closure of a beloved banquet hall.
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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Could One of These Images Be the Next Iconic Windows Wallpaper?
Seven photographers submitted landscape shots in the spirit of the original "Bliss" background.
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Artist Sabina Khorramdel Found Dead in Hamptons Hotel
A suspect, Thomas Gannon, confessed to the murder in a text message to a family member before ending his own life.
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British Painter Sarah Cunningham Dies at 31
Cunningham rose to prominence with her large-scale oil landscapes that walk the line between the natural world and entropic abstraction.
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In Silent Action, Activists Protest Keffiyeh Ban at Noguchi Museum Gala
Masked activists greeted benefit attendees as messages like “Culture Banned Here” were projected on the institution’s facade.
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Leonora Carrington’s Surrealist Cat Sculpture Could Fetch $7M
Who is this diva? Why, it's “La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman),” the star of Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York.
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Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Photos Star in Kamala Harris Ad
The iconic images from Weems’s 1990 series appear in a recent video advertisement airing in key battleground states.
Art
New York City’s Art Show Gets Up-Close and Personal
Hyperrealism and small-scale painting dominate at the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual fair.
Film
New Documentary Gives a Voice to Benin's Looted Treasures
Mati Diop's Dahomey centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.
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Neo-Nazi Tiki Torch “Monument” to Trump Emerges in DC
The apparently satirical artwork follows the appearance of a mysterious sculpture of a turd on Nancy Pelosi’s desk last week.
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Studio Museum in Harlem Receives $10M From Ford Foundation
The gift will permanently endow the New York institution’s director and chief curator role, held by Thelma Golden for nearly two decades.
Art
New Dwyane Wade Statue Looks Like Anyone Except Dwyane Wade
Memes draw comparisons to The Matrix, Kelsey Grammer, and seemingly everyone except Miami Heat’s star player.