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Outcry After Smithsonian Cancels Asian American Literature Festival
Over 1,000 artists and writers have signed a letter demanding the "immediate resignation" of Asian Pacific American Center Acting Director Yao-Fen You.
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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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Climate Activists Crash Hamptons Museum Gala With Calls to "Tax the Rich"
During the Parrish Art Museum's benefit, partly sponsored by Bank of America, organizers called out the ultra-wealthy for “greenwashing” their images.
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Indian Museum Staffer Fired for Criticizing PM Modi on Facebook
Artists, educators, and scholars across South Asia have rallied in support of Sandip K. Luis, who was dismissed from the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.
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Did the Brooklyn Public Library Close for a Private Jay-Z Event?
Visitors to the main branch today were disappointed to find the space closed for a “special event,” which some speculate might involve Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
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Extreme Floods Roil Hudson Valley Art Community
The Storm King Art Center and Manitoga, home of the Russel Wright Design Center, were among those hit by the heavy rainfalls.
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SF Dealer Who Hosed Down Unhoused Woman Will Not Face Charges
Collier Gwin initially faced a misdemeanor battery charge after he was caught spraying down the woman in a video that went viral.
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UAE's Africa Institute Cancels David Adjaye-Designed Campus
The Sharjah institution is the latest to cut ties with the architect, who denies the accusations made by three former female employees.
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Angelina Jolie Takes Over Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Former NYC Studio
The building at 57 Great Jones Street where the artist lived and worked, which has been on the market for $60K/month, will house the new Atelier Jolie.
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Harlem's Studio Museum Parts Ways With David Adjaye Over Sexual Assault Allegations
Other US and UK institutions have cut ties with the architect in the wake of the accusations.
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The Stitch Artist Helping Combat Media Fatigue
Diana Weymar collaborated with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project to center the work of writers tackling economic and racial justice — using embroidery.
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Nancy Yao Will Not Lead Women's History Museum
Yao has “withdrawn” from her role as director of the new Smithsonian museum amid an investigation of her conduct as the former leader of New York’s Museum of Chinese in America.
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Starchitect David Adjaye Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Adjaye is no longer working on the UK Holocaust Memorial after three former female employees came forward with allegations, which the architect denies.