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New Hockey Arena Threatens to Displace Artists in Tempe, Arizona 

by Lynn Trimble December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Local artists and culture workers are wondering how the arena will impact the arts landscape, including museums and alternative spaces.

Posted inNews

Should Columbia University Students Be Helping “Co-Design” Harlem?

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 27, 2022October 28, 2022

A course titled “Co-Designing Smart Cities” has angered activists who see Columbia as a gentrifier.

Posted inNews

Pioneer Works Backs Out of Controversial Queens Development

Avatar photo by Billie Anania September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

Following a campaign by artists and anti-gentrification groups, the Brooklyn arts center is no longer endorsing the Astoria luxury tower project.

Posted inOpinion

Artwashing During a Pandemic: Should Artists Say No to Real Estate Crumbs?

Avatar photo by Jenny Dubnau February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Real estate developer Stonehenge is making NYC artists an offer that they hope cannot be refused: 20 rent-free luxury apartments leased for one year, in exchange for “commissioned work.”

Posted inArt

Join a Reading Group That Imagines a Future Beyond Gentrification

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell November 18, 2020November 17, 2020

As part of her apexart exhibition, artist, activist, and curator Betty Yu will lead a discussion of works offering brilliant, accessible rebuttals to narratives of gentrification as positive or even unavoidable.

Posted inFilm

The Hostility of Gentrification in Black DC Neighborhoods

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 18, 2020November 5, 2020

Residue, Merawi Gerima’s debut feature, depicts the impact of gentrification in an almost impressionistic, oblique way.

Posted inArt

Fighting to Save a Fringe Landmark

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez July 4, 2020November 5, 2020

One of central London’s few remaining alternative arts venues struggles to survive in the face of a 333% rent increase.

Posted inArt

Williamsburg’s Wave of Gentrification Becomes More Visible During the Pandemic

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney June 8, 2020November 5, 2020

With his photo book In Time of Plague, Brian Rose documents a previous devastation made more visible by a more present one.

Posted inNews

A Beloved San Diego Gallery Is Pushed Out by a Wave of Gentrification

by Monica Castillo December 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Over 4,000 people are behind a petition to get the landlord to reconsider the new rent, which has more than doubled.

Posted inArt

“It’s a Gold Rush Town”: How Artists Survive in San Francisco

by Brice Sanchez, Samantha Nobles-Block and Clare Calingasan September 26, 2019November 4, 2019

Hyperallergic talks to various artists in the Bay Area about how they’ve hung on through years of economic turmoil.

Posted inBooks

A Graphic Novel Gruesomely Satirizes Gentrification in Chicago

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel June 26, 2019June 25, 2019

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore’s graphic novel BTTM FDRS blends discussions around race relations, cultural appropriation, and urban injustice with body horror and an eerie plot.

Posted inIn Brief

Artists and Dealers Face Off With Real Estate Developers in Chinatown, Gaining a Temporary Win

Avatar photo by Zachary Small June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

Residents of the Two Bridges neighborhood in Manhattan are saying enough is enough — and partnering with their local arts community to defend their homes.

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