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“Too Many Bros”: In Prank, NFT Dating App Shuts Down Over Lack of Women
The joke reflects crypto’s larger gender inequity problem.
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The Precarious Lives of Freelance Photographers on the Frontlines
Underpaid and under-resourced, funding their own equipment and health insurance, freelance photojournalists are barely hanging on — and risking their lives.
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Man Smears Mona Lisa With Cake at the Louvre
"Think of the planet,” said the vandal, who claimed to be a climate activist and was disguised as a woman in a wheelchair.
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Montpelier CEO Resigns As Descendants of Enslaved People Get a Seat at the Table
Leadership at the former plantation of James Madison was accused of terminating workers who advocated for descendants.
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Months After Opening, LA's Academy Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Staff cited wage discrepancies, allegedly inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks, and being asked to do work outside their job description.
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American Museum of Natural History Workers Vote to Unionize
Workers told Hyperallergic that they were tired of meager pay and a lack of job security.
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Former Louvre President Charged in Antiquities Trafficking Case
Authorities say Jean-Luc Martinez helped facilitate the Louvre’s purchase of objects illegally pillaged during the Arab Spring.
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"Brazen" Couple Tries to Walk Out of Manhattan Gallery With a Basquiat
The suspects attempted to take a Basquiat artwork valued at $45,000 from Taglialatella Galleries but instead made off with a half-empty bottle of whiskey.
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Margaret Atwood Protests Book Banning With Fireproof Copy of The Handmaid's Tale
The fire-resistant copy will be auctioned to raise funds for PEN America.
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NEA Awards $91 Million to Over 1,200 Arts Organizations
Funded projects include an exhibition of contemporary and historical retablos and a residency that pairs glass artists with creators in other mediums.
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There's No Place Like Court! "Dorothy Dress" at Center of Ownership Suit
Bonhams paused the sale of the rare garment, which was expected to fetch $1.2 million.
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Ukrainian Museum Documents the War Through Objects Left Behind
Curators at the Maidan Museum in Kyiv are sifting through the rubble for items that “tell the story of ordinary people’s lives, of their deaths."