> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Chronicles of a Needless War - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/chronicles-of-a-needless-war/ - Published: 2026-03-09T10:00:07.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-09T19:32:18.000Z - Description: DC’s “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,” a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Daily Newsletter, Newsletter As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. *From Chinatown, with Love* celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special — and amid a world in turmoil, Mina's reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents. Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war. *—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/IMG_0971-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/the-political-potential-of-the-chinatown-storefront/) Installation view of **From Chinatown, With Love* (photo AX Mina/**Hyperallergic*) ### [The Political Potential of the Chinatown Storefront](https://hyperallergic.com/the-political-potential-of-the-chinatown-storefront/) Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/ifpda-returns-to-park-avenue-armory-april-2026/) ****Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April** The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/ifpda-returns-to-park-avenue-armory-april-2026/) --- ## News [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/GettyImages-2263996940-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/israel-us-strikes-damage-tehrans-historic-golestan-palace/) Golestan Palace on March 3 after it was damaged during US and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran (photo by Majid Saeedi via Getty Images) - Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have [caused significant damage](https://hyperallergic.com/israel-us-strikes-damage-tehrans-historic-golestan-palace/) to the Qajar-eraartifacts, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of Tehran. - In Washington, DC, a "[Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame](https://hyperallergic.com/jeffrey-epstein-walk-of-shame-pops-up-in-dc/)" includes “stars” for MoMA trustee Leon Black, arts patron Les Wexner, and others mentioned in the Epstein files. - Computer scientist Stephen Thaler struck out once again this week after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal on the years-long legal battle [to secure copyright protections](https://hyperallergic.com/forget-about-getting-your-ai-art-copyrighted/) for an AI-generated “artwork.” --- ## From Our Critics [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/Petrit6-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/petrit-halilajs-opera-of-kosovan-memory-and-myth/) Installation view of Petrit Halilaj, “Shkrepëtima (Nita)” (2018) (photo by Cat Dawson/**Hyperallergic*) ### [Petrit Halilaj’s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth](https://hyperallergic.com/petrit-halilajs-opera-of-kosovan-memory-and-myth/) Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/prisoners-of-love-until-the-sun-of-freedom/) ****Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom** The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/prisoners-of-love-until-the-sun-of-freedom/) --- ## What to See in LA [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/Kahraman_259_IveBeenCirclingForThousandsOfYears_hires-2-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march/) Hayv Kahraman, “I’ve been circling for thousands of years” (2025–26), oil and acrylic on linen (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles) ### [10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March](https://hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march/) The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg --- ## Member Comment Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg’s [“Suffering From ‘Creative Hangover’? You’re Not Alone”](https://hyperallergic.com/suffering-from-creative-hangover-youre-not-alone/): The authors of that study say that “(t)hough all people have the capacity to be creative, the fact remains that some do so in a professional context and others on a more need-to or want-to basis. Since they are creating for fun rather than for their livelihood, the comparison group experiences ‘lower intensity and less frequent sustained creative demands,’ wrote Smith and Drake.” I think there may be a third option: those who are not creating for money or for fun but whose need or want reveals a deep desire to be creative people regardless of the cost, a cost that may be more intense with greater demands than either of the other two groups. --- ## From the Archive [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/naqsh-e_jahan_square_from_the_gheisariye_vault.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/targeting-irans-cultural-heritage-means-targeting-human-beings/) Naqsh-e Jahan Square from the Gheisariye Vault, Isfahan, Iran (photo by Amirpashaei via Wikimedia Commons) ### [Targeting Iran’s Cultural Heritage Means Targeting Human Beings](https://hyperallergic.com/targeting-irans-cultural-heritage-means-targeting-human-beings/) Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest of the world may feel a real loss, but that is secondary at best. | Michael Press