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Trump Moves to Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services
An executive order demands workforce and operation reductions “that the President has determined are unnecessary” at the IMLS and several agencies.
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Art Review
How Do You Paint Language?
A group show curated by Hilton Als meditates on words in the visual arts, but wields silence in ways that verge on obstinate obscurity.
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San Francisco Pride March Loses $300K in Sponsorships
It’s not the only organization taking a hit as Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-trans policies continue to reverberate through the arts and culture sector.
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A Houston Throuple’s Polaroids of Queer Life
A trove of photos of an “unapologetically ‘out’” 1970s romance is among the gems of the upcoming New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
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Athens Museum Removes Artworks Vandalized by Far-Right Lawmaker
Greek Parliament Member Nikolaos Papadopoulos targeted and damaged artist Christophoros Katsadiotis’s works, decrying them as “blasphemous.”
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Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: March 2025
Hokusai’s mountain, LA art fairs, feminist artist-activists, and more.
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Andrea Chung’s Afrofuturism of Cyanotypes and Sugar
The artist’s show at MOCA North Miami follows her interest in destructive transformation as a path to a more accurate history.
Art
Nick Cave’s Eternal Garden
In his new work, the artist emerges from his aesthetic camouflage into a more complicated space of visibility that probes relationships of power and image.
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Unlearning the Myths of Asian Art History
Culling ancient works from the Asia Society’s collection, Rina Banerjee, Howardena Pindell, and Byron Kim look to the past to challenge ideas of identity and authenticity.
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The Unlikely Muse of Soil
The earth itself is fertile artistic ground at Somerset House — but the exhibition stops short of getting visitors’ hands dirty, even in imagination.
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How Do We Know We’re Looking at the Same Painting?
More than an overarching narrative, Gregg Bordowitz is invested in what it means to observe art together and share an emotion with another person.
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The Plight of Artsakh's Artists in Exile
“Sometimes I want to recreate the paintings I left behind,” said Artsiv Lalayan, one of tens of thousands of Armenians displaced by Azerbaijan, “but it’s impossible to recreate what you’ve lost.”