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Scientists Crack the Code of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster
New research into the pigments used in "The Night Watch" (1642) illuminates how the Dutch artist achieved his signature glistening details.
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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How Dinh Q. Lê Unpacked Belonging Through Weaving
In his “Self Portrait #5,” headed to auction in August, the artist forcibly inserts himself and his culture into areas that didn’t intend to include him.
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What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?
Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.
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Anne Imhof’s “Wish You Were Gay” Banners Vandalized in Austria
The German Artist called the vandalism outside the Kunsthaus Bregenz an "act of violent aggression.”
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Three-Time Olympic Fencer’s Vibrant Photos of Athletic Diversity
Enzo Lefort's stylized portraits of his teammates are now on view alongside works by other Olympian artists in Paris.
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House Majority Vote Saves Millions in Funding for NEA and NEH
The vote defeated amendments proposed by Republican Josh Breechen, who has called for cuts to “woke, weaponized, and wasteful” government spending.
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A Peek Into This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival Lineup
The annual festival returns for its 13th edition this August, kicking off with Shatara Michelle Ford’s Black, queer roadtrip film inspired by Paris, Texas.
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Art History Darling Florine Stettheimer to Get Digital Catalogue Raisonné
The artist is celebrated not only for her compositions exploring the opulence and culture of NYC, but also for proudly breaking down social barriers.
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These Kamala Harris Memes Didn’t Just Fall Out of a Coconut Tree
The meme has quickly gone from ironic to iconic, and the Harris campaign is riding that wave like its life depends on it.
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Caligula’s Garden Unearthed in Rome
The 2,000-year-old ruins were discovered during a construction project ahead of the Vatican’s Jubilee Year.
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Oh My Goya! New Research Hub for the Artist to Launch in NYC
The Hispanic Society’s forthcoming center will promote scholarship on the Spanish Romantic painter and printmaker.
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Alex Janvier, Indigenous Painter of Evocative Abstractions, Dies at 89
The artist and residential school survivor created vivid works that meld Denesuline iconography with modern and contemporary styles.