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Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC
The monument of Alfred Pike was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate official in the nation's capital when it was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.
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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: Public Art Edition
Niki de Saint Phalle’s exuberant sculptures, street art in Puerto Rico, a certain infamous “bean,” a mural for Muddy Waters, and more in this month’s themed puzzle!
Film Review
Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?
The film Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?
Art Review
Take a Trip Down the Catwalk With Andy Warhol
With fashion-themed art from the 1950s and ’60s, Andy Warhol: Fashion feels like a private, over-the-shoulder glimpse of Warhol at work.
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Modigliani's Jean Cocteau Portrait Heads to Brooklyn Museum in Major Gift
Along with MoMA and LACMA, the New York museum will receive dozens of works from the Pearlman Collection.
Opinion
I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More
The museum suspended its Independent Study Program, a space of collective thought and political solidarity, during a time when it is most needed.
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Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover
The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.
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Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?
The art collector and Pink Panther actor prances around the museum’s freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion in a new video.
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Art Review
Jillian Conrad Redefines the Limits of Drawing
Her sculptural “drawings" mark the distance between what we see and how we name it, drawing connections across time and space.
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Hande Sever Tells a Story of War and Art
The artist mines archives of conquest and imperialism in her native Turkey to produce multifaceted displays that entangle violent histories with personal narratives.
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$200M Trump Ballroom Proposal Looks a Lot Like Versailles
Social media users couldn’t help but notice similarities between the lavish project, led by architect James McCrery, and the palace of a certain ill-fated French monarch.