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Hamline Faculty Call for University President’s Resignation
Fayneese Miller is under fire after the school failed to renew the contract of an adjunct who showed artworks depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
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.
Art
An Afternoon in the Park With Shahzia Sikander’s Golden Monuments
The artist’s three-part commission at Madison Square Park includes a mythical female figure atop the Manhattan Appellate Courthouse.
News
University Shutters Exhibition Featuring Klan Figures
Several students of color at Arkansas Tech deemed Dominique Simmons’s artworks “racially insensitive.”
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SF Gallerist Arrested for Hosing Down Unhoused Woman
“The alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable,” said the city’s district attorney.
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Getty Institute Acquires Trove of British Raj-Era Photography
The collection includes many images of the region as seen through a European lens and the Western gaze.
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Professor Who Showed Images of Prophet Muhammad Sues University
Hamline University had characterized Erika López Prater’s display of the images as “Islamophobic,” an accusation it now recognizes as “flawed.”
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Which New York Museums Still Hold Native Remains?
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Brooklyn Museum, among others, continue to hold the remains or possible remains of Native Americans.
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Submit Your Wildest Version of "Girl With a Pearl Earring"
Your artwork could be shown at the painting’s home in the Netherlands while the original travels for an exhibition.
Art
Five Cultural Events to Celebrate MLK Day in NYC
These free and low-cost workshops, screenings, performances, and more celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Film
New York’s Jewish Film Festival Is Back
The 32nd edition of the festival will feature 29 films representing 16 countries screening at the Walter Reade Theater.
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SF Gallery Owner Blasted for Hosing Down Unhoused Woman
Foster Gwin Gallery has deactivated its social media accounts since its owner, Collier Gwin, was filmed spraying down a woman on the sidewalk.
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US Returns a Palestinian Cultural Object for the First Time
The nearly 3,000-year-old ivory cosmetic spoon was seized from Michael Steinhardt’s collection of stolen antiquities.