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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.”
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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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.
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How African-American Museums Are Navigating Book Bans
Black history and culture institutions are stepping in to fill the gaps with uncensored and community-oriented programming.
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Harriet Tubman Cultural Center Awarded Millions for Preservation
The formerly all-Black high school turned museum and community space honors the abolitionist’s story and legacy.
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Head of Saudi Arabia's AlUla Cultural Project Arrested for Corruption
Amr bin Saleh Abdulrahman Al Madani, responsible for the development of the archaeological site, is also accused of money laundering.
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Richard Prince Must Pay $650K+ to Artists for Using Their Work
A last-meeting agreement put a price on the artist's appropriation of the works of two photographers.
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NYU Suspends Palestinian Professor and Activist Amin Husain
Husain has long advocated for Palestinian liberation, both individually and as part of the art-oriented collective Decolonize This Place.