• Become a Member
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • News
  • Art
  • Books
  • Film
  • Performance
  • Opinion
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Sign In
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Features
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Opportunities
  • News
  • Art
  • Books
  • Film
  • Performance
  • Opinion
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Sign In
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Features
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Opportunities
  • Become a Member
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • News
  • Art
  • Books
  • Film
  • Performance
  • Opinion
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Sign In
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Features
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Opportunities
Skip to content
Hyperallergic

Hyperallergic

Sensitive to Art & its Discontents

Membership

Coronavirus pandemic

Posted inNews

Brooklyn Museum Lays Off 29 Workers; New Museum Lays Off 18

by Hakim Bishara July 8, 2020November 5, 2020

Both museums received Paycheck Protection Program loans in the millions.

Posted inIn Brief

New York Governor Cuomo’s COVID-19 “Mountain” Sculpture Is as Bad as It Sounds 

by Hakim Bishara July 1, 2020November 5, 2020

“This is the mountain that New Yorkers climbed,” Cuomo said of the styrofoam sculpture, which people have likened to Jabba the Hutt.

Posted inNews

Metropolitan Museum Looks Toward Reopening in Late August

by Hakim Bishara June 24, 2020November 5, 2020

The New York Times reported that the major New York institution plans to reopen August 29, but the museum has yet to issue an official statement.

Posted inNews

At This Museum, Reopening Plans Include a Wearable Buzzing Device to Remind You to Social Distance

by Hakim Bishara May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

Future visitors to Magazzino Italian Art in Hudson Valley will be expected to do more than frequent hand sanitizer stations.

Posted inNews

13% of Museums Worldwide May Close Permanently Due to COVID-19, Studies Say

by Hakim Bishara May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Released jointly, two studies by UNESCO and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) also say that nearly 90% of the world’s 95,000 museums have temporarily closed during the pandemic.

Posted inNews

Metropolitan Museum Will Not Reopen Until Mid-August or Later

by Hakim Bishara May 20, 2020May 26, 2020

The Met, which is known as a bellwether for decision-making in the museum world, has also canceled all tours, talks, concerts, and events through 2020.

Posted inNews

352 Artists Urge World Governments to Impose Arms Embargo on Israel

by Hakim Bishara May 18, 2020May 19, 2020

Ariella Azoulay, Shepard Fairey, Antony Gormley, and Tai Shani are among the growing number of artists, filmmakers, musicians, and writers calling for international pressure to impose an embargo and lift the siege of Gaza.

Posted inIn Brief

China Taunts US Response to COVID-19 With Absurdly Comical Lego Animation

by Hakim Bishara May 12, 2020

A Chinese news agency released a propagandistic cartoon to herald its success at combating the coronavirus — that is admittedly entertaining.

Posted inIn Brief

White House Gift Shop Releases Out-of-Touch Coin Commemorating “Global Fight Against COVID-19”

by Hakim Bishara April 30, 2020May 1, 2020

The $100 limited-edition coin features imagery of the microscopic virus and a presidential podium, surrounded by Trumpian slogans.

Posted inNews

Spreadsheet Highlights Major Income Disparities at Cultural Institutions

by Hakim Bishara April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

According to a document by the group Indebted Cultural Workers, MoMA director Glenn Lowry takes home about 48 times the salary of an education assistant at the museum.

Posted inNews

Museums Worldwide Prepare to Reopen Their Doors After Lockdown

by Hakim Bishara April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Museums in the United States remain shuttered, but museums in Germany have begun to cautiously open their doors, and museums in Hong Kong were forced to close for a second time due to a second wave.

Posted inArt

The Pandemic’s Invisible Agent

by Hakim Bishara April 19, 2020June 24, 2020

Thin as one-thousandth the width of an eyelash, the malign virus appears to us in magnified images as a round glob of genetic material surrounded by a beady shell. The so-called crowns (corona in Latin) on its surface are its means of destruction.

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts

Popular

  • Ukrainian Soldiers Unearth Ancient Greek Amphorae During Trench Dig
  • Your Frieze Art Fair Bingo Card Is Here
  • Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged Within Hours of Unveiling
  • Otis College Graduates Just Got the Best News Ever
  • Yarn Against the Patriarchy
Sponsored
  • ArtYard’s Ecstatic Decrepitude Features Works by Bread and Puppet Founder Peter Schumann
  • Discussion Series Pairs 2019 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows With Critics and Curators
  • Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn, Lobdell, Woelffer Opens at the Norton Simon Museum
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

  • Home
  • Latest
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • About
  • Support Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • Membership
  • Newsletters
  • Submissions
  • Careers
© 2022 Hyperallergic. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy