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Disinformation Runs Rampant in Images Related to Israel-Gaza War
Posts pertaining to atrocities have gone viral before fact-checkers could identify them as old footage and even video game clips.
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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Previously Misattributed Rembrandt Painting Could Sell for $18M
"The Adoration of the Kings" (c. 1628) was once thought to have been made by a student of the Rembrandt School rather than the artist himself.
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Documenta Criticizes Curatorial Group for Liking Pro-Palestine Posts
Organizers of the art exhibition in Germany issued a statement after ruangrupa allegedly “liked” Instagram videos of a pro-Palestine rally this weekend.
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Sports Betting Websites Wager on Banksy's Real Identity
Guesses as far-flung as Jeff Koons, Donald Trump, and Tom Brady are on the list as bidders gear up for a lawsuit that may reveal the artist’s name.
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Archaeologists Find Hidden Chambers in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh
The eight rooms were likely used to store funerary equipment for Sahura, the second pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty.
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American Tourist Smashes Roman Sculptures at Israel Museum
The 40-year-old man said he considered the artworks to be “idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.”
Art
Visit the NYC Bagel Shop Made Entirely of Felt
Artist Lucy Sparrow invites New Yorkers to feast their eyes and immortalize their go-to orders at her interactive pop-up bagel shop.
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Meta's AI Sticker Generator Proves We Can't Be Trusted
While the stickers can be innocent and cute, some prompts yield disturbing racial biases that show how AI can be abused.
Film
Indigenous Womanhood Through Shelley Niro’s Lens
The National Museum of the American Indian will screen three films directed by the Six Nations Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) artist this Saturday, October 7.
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NFT Startup Backed by MoMA Trustee Shuts Down
Recur, backed by billionaire art collector Steve Cohen, shuttered less than three years since its founding despite partnerships with popular brands like Hello Kitty.
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Symbolic Armenian Monument in Artsakh at Risk of Destruction
“Tatik-Papik,” which symbolizes the link between the people of Artsakh and the land, is one of many landmarks at risk of demolition by Azerbaijani forces.
Art
Divya Mehra Releases Canada’s Colonial Genies
Two colossal inflatable sculptures by the Winnipeg-based artist prod the colonial roots of economic and racial inequality in the country.