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Hirshhorn’s The Exhibit Premieres With Inflatable Banana and Lots of Cringe
The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist is filled with awkward silences and art-world jargon.
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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Extinction Rebellion Storms Rijksmuseum for Rembrandt Action
Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products.
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Man Finds Well-Endowed Celtic Bronze Figurine
The tiny artifact, which was discovered by a metal detectorist, is now headed to auction in the UK.
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Roe v. Wade Case Documents Fetch Over $600K at Auction
The archive, belonging to lawyer Linda Coffee, contains nearly 150 documents and letters related to the historic case.
Art
Internet Goes Wild Over Outdoor Gym of Hindu Puppets
Indian artist Diptej Vernekar attached puppets of Hindu avatars to exercise equipment that anyone could activate and engage with.
Film
Whimsical Children’s Film Tackles War and Displacement in Syria
Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria.
Art
These Miniature Artworks Prove That It's the Little Things In Life
The exhibition Small is Beautiful, featuring over 100 tiny art pieces, is now on view in New York.
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Viral "Photographer" Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated
Jos Avery had told his followers he used a Nikon D810 to take his distinctive black-and-white portraits.
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Florida Man Says He Wants to Buy Broken Koons Sculpture
Here’s how he should spend the money instead.
Art
Using Hair, Rice, and Indigo, an Artist Reclaims Her Family History
Adebunmi Gbadebo creates art from organic materials, like soil taken from her enslaved ancestors’ grave sites on the True Blue plantation.
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Sacred Nuxalk Nation Totem Pole Finally Repatriated
The object was in the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum for over a century.
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Newton Who? Leonardo Explored Gravity First
A new analysis of diagrams drawn in the artist's personal notebook reveals a near-accurate model of Earth's gravitational pull.