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The Most Hilarious Memes of the Twitter “𝕏” Logo
Even Big Bird roasted Elon Musk's unimaginative and ridiculous rebranding.
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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Federally Funded Research on Native Remains Has Stymied Repatriation, Report Says
ProPublica reports that government funds spent on scientific research related to Native remains in US museums “created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestors.”
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Finally, a National Monument for Emmett Till
Biden’s decision to designate the monument comes amid a conservative-led push to sanitize and distort the history of anti-Black violence in the US.
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Miniature Artist’s Tiny Monet Reunited With Original
Peruvian artist Ana Sofía Casaverde visited the National Gallery of Art to see Monet’s “Woman With a Parasol,” an artwork she painstakingly copied with a needle.
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Dealers Describe “Nightmarish” Flooding at Hamptons Art Fair
"It was a garden variety shit-show," said Margery Goldberg of Zenith Gallery, who claims the fair did not adequately plan for the storm.
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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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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.