Podcast
Should Blue Chip Art Galleries Have Received Millions of Dollars of PPP Loans?
Hyperallergic’s news team discusses the recent release of the names of businesses and organizations that received over $150,000 in PPP loans.
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News
Former Staffers and Board Members Denounce Racism at Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
"In 2020, there are only five full-time Black employees on a staff of over 40. There are no Black curators in a museum solely dedicated to the arts and culture of Africa," the letter reads.
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Former SFMOMA Staffers Demand “Radical Reexamination” of Board of Trustees
Former workers published a letter asserting that the 75 museum trustees are responsible for “the continued development of a white supremacist exhibition and collecting program.”
News
Statue of Black Lives Matter Activist Removed by Bristol Authorities
| A sculpture of activist Jen Reid in Bristol was removed by City Council only 24 hours after it was installed. Created by artist Marc Quinn, the statue had stood in place of a bronze of 17th-century enslaver Edward Colston that was toppled by demonstrators in June. Installed by Quinn and a team in
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Banksy Grafitti in London Underground Accidentally Removed by Cleaners
An employee of the London Tube noticed "some sort of ‘rat thing’" a few days ago and cleaned it off.
Announcement
SVA Presents 2020 MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Online
On July 16, *We Interrupt This Program... goes live on the School of Visual Arts's website, with an opening reception taking place on July 18.
Art
Ree Morton’s Personal Work Asserts That Art Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum
While Morton’s career spanned less than a decade (1968–1977), her work remains vital to questioning what it means to be a woman in art history and society.
Art
One Million-Square-Foot AIDS Memorial Quilt Is Now Entirely Online
The 48,000 panels share stories of care and craftsmanship, memorializing 125,000-plus victims of HIV and AIDS since 1980.
News
LA Artist Donates 1,800 Paintings to Brooklyn Hospital
Michael Gittes shipped a truckload of paintings to Interfaith Medical Center in Bed-Stuy — one for every worker.
News
Statue of Black Lives Matter Activist Replaces Toppled Monument of Enslaver
Artist Marc Quinn covertly installed a sculpture of activist Jen Reid in place of a bronze of Edward Colston toppled by protesters in Bristol last month.
Art
Exceptional MFA Work From Three Northern California Art Schools
As part of a series on virtual MFA presentations across the country, we highlight some exceptional work from CCA, UC Davis, and CSU Chico.
News
Metropolitan Museum Confirms Late August Reopening With Limited Hours
The museum, which has been closed since March 13, will reopen at 25% capacity.