With Trump, the real meme is how he can still troll us after all these years.
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!
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Reframing Art History Through a BIPOC Lens
Olivia Chiang’s “Not Your Grandfather’s Art History: A BIPOC Reader” is a free online compilation of essays that explore lesser-told canons.
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LA’s Black Image Center at Risk of Closure
The Culver City nonprofit working to remove cost and accessibility barriers for Black photographers is crowdfunding to keep its doors open.
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Art and Healing on the Anniversary of India’s Partition
Artists are sifting through what was left behind, what was burned away, and what was buried both physically and emotionally to facilitate our track toward healing.
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Iran Sentences Filmmaker for “Unlawful” Cannes Screening
Saeed Roustaee was charged with “propaganda against the government” after his latest film Leila’s Brothers screened at the festival.
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Art Institute of Chicago Workers Ratify Union Contract
Over 500 workers at the museum and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago secured wage increases after 14 months of negotiations.
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Turkish Curator Resigns From Venice Biennale Pavilion
Esra Sarıgedik Öktem stepped down after the Istanbul Biennial appointed a member of its own board as curator in place of Defne Ayas, the agreed-upon candidate.
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The “Sexy” Seagull Sculpture That Scandalized a Coastal City
Donna Dodson’s “Seagull Cinderella” is returning for public display again in New Bedford, Massachusetts, reigniting old concerns about the “bird with boobs.”
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Experimental Gems at the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has released the lineup for its Wavelengths section, focused on avant-garde and provocative film media, and its Classics program.
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The Radical Queer Aesthetics of Gay Power
With the tagline of “New York’s first homosexual newspaper,” the publication integrated political news and local activism with erotic art and photography.
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The Black History of the Montgomery Brawl Folding Chair
The folding chair — a design of which was patented by a Black American inventor — has emerged as an iconic motif of the viral scene.
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Guggenheim Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The agreement guarantees wage increases and improved benefits for approximately 150 staffers.
