A show at Lehman College Art Gallery featuring four dozen LGBTQ+ artists from all walks of life prioritizes themes of romance and affection.
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!
Italy Imposes Five-Figure Fines for Art Vandalism
Climate activists say the new fees are exaggerated and “distract from the real problem” of a warming planet.
Florida Woman Drives Rolls-Royce Into $3M Damien Hirst Work
The unnamed woman lost control of the vehicle and plowed it through the backyard of collectors Steven and Lisa Tanenbaum’s property in Palm Beach, Florida.
Chicago Artists Exploring Meaning-Making Win 2023 Artadia Awards
SaraNoa Mark, Nyeema Morgan, and Julia Phillips will each receive $15,000 unrestricted grants.
Pratt’s MFA Students Plumb the Meaning of Belonging
A tiny room with painted tile flooring, intricate self-portraits, and textiles made of plastic waste were among the most beguiling works in the first half of the MFA thesis exhibition.
MTV’s The Exhibit Is All That’s Wrong With the Art World
The sixth episode and season finale ultimately leaned into the very issues the reality show was ostensibly trying to address.
The Unsettling Story Behind a Surrealist Painting Headed to Auction
“Composition Surréaliste,” painted by Remedios Varo with possible contributions from her lovers, centers love, lust, violence, and sexual autonomy.
Belgian Collector Sues Son Over Fatal Shooting of His Wife
Arts Patron Myriam Ullens was shot outside her home in Belgium by her stepson, Nicolas Ullens, who cited an ongoing dispute over the family’s inheritance structure.
Museum to Exhibit Its Impressive Collection of … Fakes?
Art and Artifice at the Courtauld Gallery in London will include 30 artworks once mistaken as originals by Sandro Botticelli, Auguste Rodin, and others
Chitra Ganesh’s Coloring Book Resists Queer Erasure
Queer Power! A Time Travelling Coloring Book honors LGBTQI+ activists and cultural icons.
Kwame Brathwaite, “Black Is Beautiful” Photographer, Dies at 85
Throughout his six-decade career, Brathwaite harnessed the power of photography to recalibrate the public understanding of Blackness.
Climate Activists Dye Famous Roman Fountain Water Black
Activists said fountains are symbolic “of the refreshment offered by the water and, on the other, of the danger it can represent.”