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Louvre Museum Evacuated After False Bomb Threat
The Palace of Versailles was also evacuated while France continues to be under high alert.
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Bard Graduate Center in NYC: Open Houses for MA in Material Culture, Design History, Decorative Arts
Meet faculty and current students, and learn about the admissions and financial aid process at an open house on October 29, November 19, or December 3.
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What to Do With Our Anger?
In painting, Gandy Brodie could find moments of beauty and defenselessness, as well as the endurance and will to survive, despite a difficult life.
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124-Year-Old Display With Human Skull Removed From Carnegie Museum
The institution’s adoption of a new policy regarding the display of human remains led them to the permanent removal of the diorama.
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Who Goes to See Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”?
On a fall afternoon, Hyperallergic found locals and out-of-towners newly enchanted by the iconic painting, and some seeing it for the very first time.
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Indigenous Groups Rally Against Lithium Extraction in Argentina
Murals, flags, performance, and other artistic expressions define the ongoing struggle to protect lands threatened by rampant extraction of the so-called “white gold.”
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A New York Museum's House of Bones
The American Museum of Natural History holds 12,000 bodies — but they don’t want you to know whose.
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Yayoi Kusama Apologizes for Anti-Black Comments
As her SFMOMA exhibition opens to the public, the artist expresses "deep regrets" over past statements revealed by Hyperallergic.
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TikTok’s “Oyster Girl” Gets the Meme Treatment
A TikTok user on a date slurped down 48 oysters, got left with the bill, and the rest is history.
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New York’s Jewish Museum Union Ratifies First Contract
Unionized staffers secured pay increases and benefits in a win that one museum worker described as “empowering.”
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Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art Opens at Wrightwood 659
The award-winning exhibition examines the struggle between digital dominance and identity through the lens of contemporary art.
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Required Reading
This week, Tamara Lanier's continuing quest for justice, the Airbnb guest from hell, Canada's Nazi problem, ancient LA, the cover of Salman Rushdie's new book, and more.