Art
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.
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.
News
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.
Art
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.
News
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.
News
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.
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“Lip Fillers” Removed From 17th-Century Countess Portrait
Conservators found that a portrait of aristocrat Diana Cecil had been modified to have larger lips and a smaller forehead long after the original was completed.
Film
AI Protections Prove Polarizing Among SAG Members
The strike has ended, but not everyone is satisfied with the tentative contract’s stipulations for the use of artificial intelligence in film and TV.
News
New York School Will Offer Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Professor and Cherokee Nation citizen Joseph Pierce will lead the cross-departmental, interdisciplinary initiative at Stony Brook University.
News
The Bizarre Photos of Biden’s Turkey Pardoning Ceremony
Priceless images show the president’s myriad facial expressions, from looks of confusion and disbelief to gazes of pride and appreciation toward the bird.
News
Vatican Opens Hidden Underground Roman Necropolis to the Public
Via Triumphalis is now accessible through a new separate entrance at the Vatican Museums’ Santa Rosa gate.
News
Writers Protest NYT Gaza Coverage With Posters of Journalists Killed by Israel
Members of the group Writers Bloc staged an action during an awards dinner chaired by New York Times President Meredith Kopit Levien.
Film
Hunter College Cancels Screening of Jewish-Led Film Critical of Israel
Israelism follows two young Jewish Americans whose perception of Israel changes once they see how the nation treats Palestinians.