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The Precarious Lives of Freelance Photographers on the Frontlines
Underpaid and under-resourced, funding their own equipment and health insurance, freelance photojournalists are barely hanging on — and risking their lives.
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Man Smears Mona Lisa With Cake at the Louvre
"Think of the planet,” said the vandal, who claimed to be a climate activist and was disguised as a woman in a wheelchair.
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Mary Beth Edelson Celebrated the Goddess Within
Edelson followed the hunch that if women artists didn’t create this history for themselves, no one would.
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A Meditation on Biotech's Cycles of Healing and Harm
Sharona Franklin's artwork is a celebration and commemoration of what is gained and lost with scientific advances that result in biohazardous waste.
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Terry Adkins's Objects of Wonder
An exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery underscores not only how engaging and innovative, but also influential and visionary Adkins really was, and remains.
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Montpelier CEO Resigns As Descendants of Enslaved People Get a Seat at the Table
Leadership at the former plantation of James Madison was accused of terminating workers who advocated for descendants.
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Months After Opening, LA's Academy Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Staff cited wage discrepancies, allegedly inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks, and being asked to do work outside their job description.
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Stories That Need to Be Told
Artist Minouk Lim wants to offer a very different perspective on how one might deal with a grim history whose effects continue to be felt in the present.
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Required Reading
This week: Should Washington have a national memorial for gun violence? Have cats used us to take over the world? What is Cluttercore? And more.
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Kojo Marfo’s Portraits Depict the Cracks in Polite Society
The artist’s style blends aesthetic and cultural elements from Ghana, London, and New York’s graffiti scenes.
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American Museum of Natural History Workers Vote to Unionize
Workers told Hyperallergic that they were tired of meager pay and a lack of job security.
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Former Louvre President Charged in Antiquities Trafficking Case
Authorities say Jean-Luc Martinez helped facilitate the Louvre’s purchase of objects illegally pillaged during the Arab Spring.