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Three Charged With Hate Crimes for Vandalizing Homes of Brooklyn Museum Leaders
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office alleges that the accused individuals targeted museum officials who had “Jewish-sounding” names.
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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: November 2024
A statue that just ~landed~ on NYC’s High Line, still-life objects, architectural vocab, van Gogh’s prescient physics, and much more.
Art
Two Exhibitions at The Met Send a Single Message: Vote!
Jesse Krimes’s rebuke of the US justice system and Anastasia Samoylova’s uncanny images of Florida stir a visceral response in an election defined by cognitive dissonance.
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In Silent Action, Activists Protest Keffiyeh Ban at Noguchi Museum Gala
Masked activists greeted benefit attendees as messages like “Culture Banned Here” were projected on the institution’s facade.
Art
Elizabeth Catlett’s Life as a Revolutionary Artist
A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum conveys that Catlett’s artistic practice was inseparable from her dedication to Black and Mexican revolutionary politics.
Art
Artists Wrestle With Global Turmoil at the Toronto Biennial
The third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) suggests that we can make a home through scarcity and find merriment and beauty amid instability.
Books
A Mother-Daughter Inheritance Illustrated in Thread and Ink
Galician artist Bea Lema navigates themes of generational trauma and healing, tenderly illustrating the story of a daughter who desperately wants to protect her mother.
News
Body Found in Search for Missing British Artist Sarah Cunningham
The painter was last seen in London in the early hours of Saturday, November 2.
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Candice Breitz Launches Clothing Fundraiser for Gazan Journalists
Each item is named after a prominent Jewish figure like philosopher Nancy Fraser, poet Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus, and filmmaker Nan Goldin.
Opinion
Reclaiming Palestinian Beauty, One Wall Label at a Time
On a visit to the Brooklyn Museum on October 7, 2023, I felt proud to see a Palestinian “thobe” like the ones I study. But then I saw the wall label.
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Leonora Carrington’s Surrealist Cat Sculpture Could Fetch $7M
Who is this diva? Why, it's “La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman),” the star of Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York.
Book Review
The Legendary Weavers of Black Mountain College
As a new book shows, the school’s teachings continue to influence creative practices.