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# The Biggest Art Stories of the Month, From Bernie Memes to the Vessel Shutdown
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-biggest-art-stories-of-the-month-from-bernie-memes-to-the-vessel-shutdown/
- Published: 2021-01-29T21:46:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:50:10.000Z
- Description: There’s been a lot of news recently, so Hyperallergic’s news team discusses some of the big art stories of the month in this episode.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-small, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

It’s been a non-stop news cycle since last November’s election, and Hyperallergic’s news team has been on it. Join us and listen to the team’s thoughts on the stories we've been reporting on.

For [this episode](https://podcast.hyperallergic.com/episodes/biggest-art-stories-of-the-month-from-bernie-memes-to-the-vessel-shutdown?ref=hyperallergic.com), we gather to discuss the stories that we covered this week, including the [Bernie](https://hyperallergic.com/inauguration-2021-memes/) [memes](https://hyperallergic.com/bundled-up-bernie-memes/); [the](https://hyperallergic.com/trumps-hypocritical-silence-on-the-defacement-of-monuments-during-capitol-attack/) [Capitol](https://hyperallergic.com/photographs-capture-chaos-at-the-capitol/) [insurrection](https://hyperallergic.com/how-the-internet-reflected-on-and-coped-with-the-capitol-attack/); the [charred Melania Trump sculpture](https://hyperallergic.com/the-story-of-the-scorched-melania-trump-sculpture-in-slovenia/) in Slovenia; the rumors that [Trump staffers were taking works home](https://hyperallergic.com/are-trump-staffers-taking-home-white-house-artworks-that-belong-to-the-public/); the [Ohio Arts Board member who was forced out](https://hyperallergic.com/ohio-arts-council-board-member-resigns-after-incendiary-comments-on-capitol-attack/) after her social media posts were discovered; the [damage to an ancient arch in Iraq](https://hyperallergic.com/1500-year-old-archway-partially-collapses-in-iraq-prompting-urgent-calls-for-help/); the closing of the [disastrous Vessel](https://hyperallergic.com/following-third-suicide-in-one-year-vessel-closes-indefinitely/) in Manhattan; and the [viral sink reviewer](https://hyperallergic.com/viral-sink-reviewer-eviscerates-momas-restrooms/) who hates the faucets at the Museum of Modern Art.

The music for this episode is [Lorenzo Senni’s “Canone Infinito”](https://warp.net/artists/91424-lorenzo-senni?ref=hyperallergic.com) courtesy of Warp Records. 

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