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Artist Covers Transphobic Billboard With Giant Dachshund Drawing
Street artist Yaya decided to counter the UK ad campaign’s bigoted message with “something absurd that couldn’t offend anyone.”
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summer
Jeffrey Gibson’s ebullient beadwork, Luchita Hurtado’s restitched canvases, Black cowboy history, Barbara T. Smith’s photocopy experimentation, and more to see this season.
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Man Smashes Ancient Terracotta Warriors in China
A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
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The American Street Photographer Who Queered the Victorian Era
The Alice Austen House Museum in Staten Island is preparing to receive thousands of images and negatives by the iconic artist who defied 19th-century gender norms.
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Alan Michelson’s Answer to the “Vanishing Indian” Myth
The artist discusses his gleaming installation outside MFA Boston, his journey to reconnect with his Mohawk roots, and how he responded to the racist trope.
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Trump’s New Portrait Is as Perverse as His Second Term
In an uncanny photograph revealed by the White House, the president emerges from a shadowy abyss that seems to echo the nation’s decline into authoritarianism.
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Museum Displays 200-Year-Old Condom Printed With Erotic Image
The 19th-century prophylactic, depicting an exposed nun and three aroused clergymen, anchors an exhibit about sex work and health at the Rijksmuseum.
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15 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This Summer
Welcome the sweetest season with Emily Pettigrew’s moody paintings, Native artists on time and memory, Renée Green’s shuffled words, Black history in the Hudson Valley, and more.
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A Village’s Living Artwork Goes On Display at The Met
The Ceremonial House Ceiling, made by Kwoma artists of Papua New Guinea, has returned to view in the museum’s renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
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To See New York’s Slavery Memorial, You’ll Have to Fly to Paris
A version of Barbara Chase-Riboud's inaccessible Manhattan monument "Africa Rising” is now on public display at the Jardin des Tuileries.
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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: June 2025
Start Pride Month with clues on Inca Cola memes, Basquiat’s favorite music genres, Dictee’s author, lesbian Victorian photography, and much more.
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Four New York City Shows to See Right Now
Lotus L. Kang, Rashid Johnson, and group exhibitions on home-making and Black style offer insight into how we forge ourselves from history.