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How the New Bowery Wall Commission Puts Rape Culture on Display
The latest artist commissioned to paint the influential Soho wall is a man who has bragged about his predatory sexual behavior.
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Sam Durant Doesn't Need Defending
In responding to the "Scaffold" controversy in Minneapolis, some art world onlookers have painted the white male artist as the victim.
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A Boyle Heights Alliance Challenges Charles Gaines and Other Artists for Ignoring Local Voices
This open letter was sent to Hyperallergic by Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement, in response to an article by Charles Gaines, earlier this month.
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California Democrats Install “Fearless Girl” Knockoff on Headquarters’ Roof
Soon, defiant little girls cast in bronze will become the de facto symbol of gender discrimination the world over.
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In Saudi Arabia, Trump Touches Glowing Orb and Unleashes Memes
What is the orb and why is it so strange? The internet has a few suggestions.
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7 Thoughts About Ivanka Trump’s Photo in Kusama’s “Obliteration Room”
And contemporary art continues to be part of the Jivanka brand.
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Artists Launch Initiative in Support of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike
#dignitystrike aims to amplify the hunger strike with daily contributions in the form of images, words, voices, and actions of all kinds.
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Why Are London's Museums Royally Overhung?
Countless exhibitions in the capital are stuffed full of art like a trussed turkey.
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George W. Bush's Paintings Cannot Redeem Him
A piece in the New York Times about the former president's book of paintings is part reputation rehab, part art review, and part audition for the job of Bush’s headstone writer.
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Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till
Presuming that calls for censorship and destruction constitute a legitimate response to perceived injustice leads us down a very dark path.
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The Unbridgeable Chasm Between the Bronx and the Police
“Is there a possibility for this community and police to restore a relationship?” Artist Shaun Leonardo asked three panelists at the Laundromat Project. The answer was a unequivocal no.
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The Sculpture of a "Fearless Girl" on Wall Street Is Fake Corporate Feminism
The bronze statue installed by an advertising firm and a financial firm represents basically everything that’s wrong with our society.