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“Extraordinary” 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Found Near Colosseum
Studded with precious glass, shells, minerals, and blue Egyptian tesserae, the mosaic was unearthed by archaeologists in what was once a wealthy townhome.
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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Rediscovered Rembrandt Portraits May Be the Artist’s Smallest Paintings
The tiny pair of oval paintings of an older couple from Rembrandt's family circle will be displayed for the first time in nearly 200 years.
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The Memes That Carried Us Through 2023
From orcas to Barbie to Girl Dinner, here’s to the viral moments that brought a smile to our faces — or a flash of karmic justice.
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Merde! Paris’s Louvre Museum Is About to Get Pricier
The museum is raising fees by almost 30% starting in January, citing rising energy costs among other reasons.
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Protesters Demand Brooklyn Museum "Take a Stand Against Genocide"
Following yesterday's guerrilla action within the institution, hundreds of protesters congregated outside of the Brooklyn Museum demanding a ceasefire in a planned march throughout the borough.
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50 Years Ago, She Broke Illustration’s Glass Ceiling
An exhibition of Barbara Nessim’s drawings contextualizes the artist’s graphic portraiture of women against the backdrop of shifting gender roles and equity in the US.
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Elliott Erwitt, Photographer With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 95
The artist captured compelling pictures of celebrities and politicians, dogs just being dogs, and the happenstance whimsy of daily life.
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How David Hockney’s Early Experiments Shaped His Iconic Style
The Bruce Museum will shine a light on the friendships, influences, and experiments that helped shape the artist’s visual language.
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Three-Story-Tall Banksy Mural Destroyed as UK Building Demolished
The anonymous street artist made the work in 2017, a year after Brexit, to criticize Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
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Inside One of the Largest Collections of Sex Artifacts
Curator Rebecca Fasman shares her top picks in the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, from a phallic Egyptian amulet to novelty condoms.
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Is This “Earlier Mona Lisa” the Real Deal?
Some scholars believe that the portrait is a Leonardo original painted by the Renaissance artist before he made the more famous work housed at the Louvre.
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Photographer Terry Richardson Sued for Sexual Assault, Again
He is accused of assaulting two women and displaying images of the alleged attacks in a New York exhibition.