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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.
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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Dog Lovers Rejoice! NYC Art Gallery Shows 60+ Pup Portraits
Dog Days of Summer, a group exhibition devoted to our darling companions, explores humor, adoration, fidelity, and companionship.
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Shahzia Sikander Says No to Repairing Her Beheaded Sculpture
Her public artwork at the University of Houston was vandalized after anti-abortion activists called it "satanic."
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Artist's Monument to Women Beheaded at University of Houston
It’s unclear whether the attack on Shahzia Sikander’s sculpture is related to protests by anti-abortion groups, which previously denounced it as “satanic.”
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Art History Majors Face Highest Unemployment Rates, Report Shows
But other data shows that art history and art degrees are still popular.
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What’s Up With Those Park Avenue Sculptures of Men Missing Body Parts?
Bruno Catalano’s bronze figures are a devastatingly hyper-literal and heavy-handed interpretation of loss.
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Sculpture of Virgin Mary in Labor Beheaded in Austrian Cathedral
The work was part of an exhibition exploring women's roles in faith and tradition.
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June Leaf, Artist of Allegory and Motion, Dies at 94
“I am a painter who had to have a tactile experience with the world,” Leaf told Hyperallergic in a 2016 interview.
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Dutch Avant-Garde Painter Jacqueline de Jong Dies at 85
Provocative, candid, political, and unmistakably feminist, de Jong gained international appreciation in recent years.
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Trailblazing Photorealist Audrey Flack Dies at 93
At the tail end of her seven-decade career, she developed a new style she called "Post-Pop Baroque."
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Trailblazing Photorealist Audrey Flack Dies at 93
At the tail end of her seven-decade career, she developed a new style she called "Post-Pop Baroque."
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Palestine Is on the Mind at the NYC Dyke March
Despite conflicting messaging from organizers, attendees knew where they stand.