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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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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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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.
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Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters Damage National Treasures in Brasília
Works by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Jorge Eduardo, among others, sustained damage when rioters stormed government buildings in the nation’s capital.
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Artwork That Transforms Into Desk Goes Viral
Dutch designer Robert van Embricqs took Instagram by storm with his modular furniture.
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Native Landmarks Hard-Hit by Hurricane Ian, Researchers Say
Multiple cultural heritage sites of the Native Calusa people were impacted when the Category 4 storm hit Florida last September.
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Stars of 1968 Romeo and Juliet Sue Over Underage Nude Scene
Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were ages 15 and 16 when the film was shot.
Art
Minnesota Professor Reportedly Fired for Showing Paintings of Prophet Muhammad
Academics and literary nonprofits condemned the Hamline University professor's dismissal as a violation of academic freedom.
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Henrietta Lacks Statue to Replace Virginia Robert E. Lee Statue
Lacks was a Black Roanoke woman whose cancer cell samples were taken without her consent and used in medical research.