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Trans Artist on Parole After 30 Years in Men’s Prison
While incarcerated, Jamie Diaz has made waves through her artworks depicting lived experiences and imagined realities.
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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A Giant IUD Lands in DC as Senate Blocks Contraception Access Bill
The lavender inflatable is a visual reminder of what's at stake in the US as legislation protecting access to contraceptives is stalled in Congress.
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The Unlikely Story of Brooklyn's Bishop Gallery
Brooklyn residents and best friends Stevenson Dunn Jr. and Erwin John founded the beloved gallery without any background in the arts.
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Activists Decry “Show of Force and Violence” at Brooklyn Museum Protest
The museum acknowledged that “the police brutality that took place was devastating” but said it did not call the NYPD.
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Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Artsakh Continues Unabated
Satellite imagery analyses yield evidence of the demolition of a church, cemetery, and an entire village in the last seven months as experts warn of “cultural genocide.”
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Hacker Group Says It Will Auction Off Christie's Client Data
… But is there really anything worth bidding for?
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FBI Investigating Sale of Objects Stolen From British Museum
The US government agency has identified online sales to collectors based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Washington, DC.
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Wu-Tang Clan Album, Among the World's Rarest, Heads to Museum
The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania will hold ticketed listening parties for the single-edition Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015).
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Hacker Group Threatens to Leak Data of Over 500K Christie’s Clients
RansomHub, which claimed responsibility for the cyberattack, said it will publicize private client information unless the auction house pays up.
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Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”
The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.
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How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”
Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.
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The Saltiest Memes About Northern Lights FOMO
For every jaw-dropping image taken by an amateur iPhone photographer who witnessed the aurora borealis, there's a meme by someone who hasn’t.