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Bronx Calling Is All About Knowledge and Agency
The artworks in the Bronx Museum’s AIM Biennial dig into and critique the powers that be, documenting lived experiences and personal histories.
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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Artists Alter Their Work, Protesting San Francisco Institution's "Silence" on Gaza
Two of the artists in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’s triennial allege that they were asked not to advocate for Palestine in their artwork and supporting text.
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Artwork About Anti-Asian Discrimination Stolen From NYC Art Nonprofit
Julia Kwon's textile piece was on view at the UrbanGlass Art Center when someone took it off the wall, balled it up, and shoved it in their pocket.
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UK Arts Funding Body Urges Grantees to Stay Out of Politics
Arts Council England's updates to its guidelines have drawn backlash from critics who say they amount to censorship.
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15 Art History-Inspired Valentine’s Day Cards
From polycules and break-ups to situationships and forbidden love, Hyperallergic has you covered this February 14.
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French Protesters Throw Soup at Monet Painting in Lyon
“This spring will be the only one we have left if we don’t react,” said activists who targeted the protective glass on Monet’s “Le Printemps.”
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Mysterious Magritte Painting Could Fetch $63M at Auction
"L'ami intime (The Intimate Friend)" (1958) hasn't been shown publicly since 1998.
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Video of Israeli Soldiers Handling Gaza Antiquities Raises Outrage
The video was posted online by Israel’s Antiquities Authority director-general.
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Sleeping Polar Bear Snuggling on Iceberg Wins Photo Award
In Nima Sarikhani’s composition, the tenderness of the subject takes center stage as a poignant reminder of what is worth fighting for.
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Organizers Handing Out Flyers Thrown Out of Brooklyn Museum
The flyers explored links between the Black and Palestinian liberation movements and called out the museum’s sources of funding.
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Two Pratt Graduate Programs Moving to Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Institute’s MFA programs in Fine Arts and Photography are leaving the Pfizer building and moving to Dock 72 in the city’s fabrication headquarters for Fall 2024.
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Man Dies After Falling From Tate Modern Museum in London
The museum said it was closed for the rest of the day on Friday and would reopen Saturday, February 3.