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Ready, Set, Bet on Mini Artist-Made Racecars in Brooklyn
Arts nonprofit Smack Mellon’s Gravity Racers benefit party continues a 20-year local New York tradition.
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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Brooklyn Museum Workers Say They’re "Overworked and Underpaid"
"We're not going away and we're going to keep making ourselves visible," the workers said while picketing a museum fundraising event for the second time.
Art
Reclamation and Care in Hunter College’s MFA Thesis Exhibition
In the first installment of the show, students displayed sensitive material selections and candid presentations of one’s impact on an environment and vice versa.
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2,500-Year-Old Mummified Lizards Found in Ancient Egyptian Coffins
Using alternative imaging technology, the researchers were able to detect the reptilian remains without opening the animal coffins.
Film
Banned Pakistani Film Joyland Arrives in New York
Saim Sadiq’s award-winning film is still banned in Punjab, where it was filmed.
Art
This Man's on a Mission to See All the Art in Animal Crossing IRL
Mayuren Naidoo has visited 26 museums internationally and seen 36 artworks from the beloved game so far, chronicling his trek on TikTok.
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Van Gogh Still Life Renamed After Chef Catches Mistake
Sharp-eyed Dutch chef Ernst de Witte took one look at van Gogh’s “Red Cabbages and Onions” (1887) and knew something was wrong.
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Smithsonian Reviewing Allegations Against Women’s History Museum Director
Workers at the Museum of Chinese in America allege that Nancy Yao was retaliatory toward employees who reported harassment.
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New York State Says No to Native Mascots
The Board of Regents voted unanimously to ban schools from using Indigenous caricatures and derogatory names for mascots and sports teams.
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David Choe’s Rape Stories Come Back to Haunt Him
The artist and actor in the Netflix series Beef is under scrutiny for vivid accounts of sexual assault he made in a 2014 podcast.
Film
MTV’s The Exhibit Was a Ratings Flop
Compared to predecessors like Bravo’s 2012 "Gallery Girls," the art world reality TV show tanked.
Film
Internet Perplexed by Netflix’s Black Cleopatra
Critics say producer Jada Pinkett Smith and the streaming platform should center the stories of historical Black women instead of rewriting history.