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African Artists Face “Troubling” Restrictions on Creative Freedom
A new report by PEN America details how artistic freedom in Africa is being suppressed amidst flawed elections, military coups, and political crises.
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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Climate Activists Target Mega-Collector’s Charles Ray Sculpture in Paris
The work belongs to the collection of French billionaire François Pinault, one of the richest men in the world.
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Theft of Art From Yale MFA Show Raises Concerns
Rafael Villares and Y. Malik Jalal’s works were stolen from the Green Hall Gallery at Yale’s School of Art in an incident that has shaken their trust in the school.
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Ousted Trustee Describes “Culture of Fear” at Asheville Art Museum
Michelle Weitzman was removed from the museum’s board after she spoke publicly on workers’ allegations of a toxic workplace for an Asheville Watchdog investigation.
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Nearly 100 Maya Masterpieces Are Now on View in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade.
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"Fair Wages Are So Chic": Workers Rally at Brooklyn Museum Gala
Union members protested the unsatisfactory proposal presented by the museum after nearly a year of negotiations at play.
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Klimt Gets Splashed With “Oil” in Latest Climate Protest
The artist’s “Death and Life” painting got splashed with an oily black liquid at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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Finally, a Dinosaur That Can Fit in Your Home
Sotheby’s will be auctioning an almost complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skull that it boasts is just the right size for collectors.
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Local Politician Tattooed Teen’s “I Voted” Sticker on Her Arm
The deputy mayor of New Paltz, New York, tweeted that she would get a 14-year-old’s design tattooed if it won Ulster County’s "I Voted" sticker contest. She actually did it
Film
The Sikh International Film Festival Returns to NYC
A total of 17 films centered around Sikh history, diaspora, and innovation will be showcased at Manhattan’s Rubin Museum.
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Some People Still Want an Arts Degree, Apparently
University of California's Berkeley Campus has reported a sharp increase in students enrolling in arts and humanities majors in the last decade.
Art
A Brief History of the "I Voted" Sticker
Who designed the first sticker? And does anyone care about it anymore?