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After Controversy, Smithsonian Names Director of Women's History Museum
Elizabeth C. Babcock will be the museum’s first director after the initial appointee, Nancy Yao, withdrew amid an investigation into allegations.
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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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UrbanGlass Staff Leave Exhibition After Board Excludes Palestinian Artist’s Work
The board said the neon artwork, which features the phrase “from the river to the sea,” could be interpreted as a “call for violence.”
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Uncanny Kate Middleton Family Photo Spawns Even Weirder Memes
The Princess’s decision to share a strangely edited image and then apologize for it did little to quell the internet’s absurd conspiracies.
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts CEO Resigns Over Pro-Palestine Action
Sara Fenske Bahat cited the “Love Letter for Gaza” intervention on February 15 “and its unending repercussions.”
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Protesters Disrupt Event With Israeli Soldier on New School Campus
The lecture featured an Israeli lieutenant from the “terrorism unit” who was invited to recount his October 7 experiences.
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Stunningly Colored 2,000-Year-Old Fresco Uncovered in Pompeii
The vibrant work depicts the Greek myth of Phrixus and Helle on one of the walls of the House of Leda.
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British Museum’s “Sexist” Roman Empire Meme Backfires Spectacularly
The institution’s take on a popular meme left social media users and art workers outraged and disappointed.
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Activists Throw Porridge and Spray-Paint “Cunt” on Queen Victoria Busts
The two protesters were arrested for the Glasgow action, which brought attention to food insecurity and the cost of living in the UK.
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Nonprofit Led by Laurene Powell Jobs Acquires SF Art Institute for $30M
Laurene Powell Jobs’s organization purchased the campus and its iconic Diego Rivera mural.
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MASS MoCA Workers Threaten to Strike Again Over Wages
Unionized staffers are asking the museum to increase their pay to “something more livable.”
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Wonkiest Memes of the “Willy's Chocolate Experience” Fiasco
The harrowing AI-marketed Glasgow event made children cry and sent parents into a fury, but the internet is delighted.
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Met Selects Jennie C. Jones and Jeffrey Gibson for 2025 Commissions
Jones will create a multi-work installation for the New York institution’s roof garden, while Gibson plans to adorn its façade with what he calls “ancestral spirit figures.”