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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.
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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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.
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Palestine Is on the Mind at the NYC Dyke March
Despite conflicting messaging from organizers, attendees knew where they stand.
Art
With Humor, Bras, and Yapping Dogs, an Artist Explores Self-Image
Jiwon Rhie’s clean but playful investigations into societal practices and our own perceptions of ourselves put sensitivity and jest at an equal level.
Art
Presidential Debate Memes That Channel Our Never-Ending Screams
We must find ways to laugh so that we don’t cry, and the depressing material from last night is undoubtedly premium crop ripe for picking on.
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Artist of Fiery King Charles Portrait Debuts Moss-Green Attenborough Painting
Green? For David Attenborough? Groundbreaking.
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Florida Art Orgs Scrambling After DeSantis Cuts All Culture Grants
The Republican governor left hundreds of cultural organizations high and dry after he scrapped $32M in funding for the sector.
Performance
An Abortion-Oriented Cosmology Tale Debuts in NYC
Alexandra Neuman’s latest performance, The Collective Womb, reframes abortion as a natural exchange of energy between the body and the world.
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Tourist Detained After Vandalizing Ancient Pompeii House
The man scratched the letters "ALI" on the House of Ceii, one of few remaining examples of residential architecture from the late Samnite period.