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Museum Displays 200-Year-Old Condom Printed With Erotic Image
The 19th-century prophylactic, depicting an exposed nun and three aroused clergymen, anchors an exhibit about sex work and health at the Rijksmuseum.
Rhea Nayyar
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Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program
The museum is pausing the 2025–26 iteration of the program just weeks after it canceled a performance about Palestinian mourning, sparking outrage and censorship accusations.
Features
An Archive of Lesbian History Right in the Heart of Brooklyn
Nestled between brownstones near Prospect Park, the Lesbian Herstory Archives houses the world’s largest selection of materials by and for anyone who identifies with the word.
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Trump Says He Fired National Portrait Gallery Director Over DEI Support
Kim Sajet had been in the role since 2013, when she was appointed by President Obama to lead the Smithsonian institution.
Opinion
A New Banksy Mural Is a Beacon of Nope
The anonymous artist’s latest may have a personal touch, but it’s still another installment in what feels like a series of works stifled by surveillance and media fatigue.
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Sebastião Salgado, Unflinching Documentary Photographer, Dies at 81
Spurred on by a desire to document his encounters and surroundings, the Brazilian photographer captured the realities of marginalized people around the world.
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Protest Targets Whitney Museum Board Ties After Canceled Performance
Demonstrators pointed to museum trustees’ links to Zionist entities and weapons used by Israel against Palestinians.
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Why Did Pope Leo XIV Invoke Van Gogh in His First Address?
“It seems to me an image of hope,” said the new pontiff in an inaugural address attended by around 40,000 people.
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Does the Art World Need a New Art Fair in Qatar?
As Art Basel opens its arms to new collectors in Doha, some critics will not look past the nation’s legacy of deadly conditions for migrant laborers.
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School of Visual Arts Faculty Are Officially Unionized
Nearly 1,200 faculty members at the New York arts and design institution will be represented by the new union after a two-thirds vote in favor.
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Met Museum Gifted Coveted Trove of 6,500 Photos
German-American art collector Artur Walther's promised gift to the museum includes iconic modern and contemporary images from Africa, China, Japan, and beyond.
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What Do Visitors Think of Thomas J. Price’s Times Square Sculpture?
Hyperallergic set out to hear from people seeing the artwork onsite, and their thoughts were considerably different from the online discourse.