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Maya Pontone
Maya Pontone (she/her) is a Staff News Writer at Hyperallergic. Originally from Northern New Jersey, she currently resides in Brooklyn, where she covers daily news, both within and outside New York City. Maya received her BS in journalism with a political science minor from Emerson College in Boston, MA.
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Zany Takes on Holiday Wreaths Now on View in Central Park
Using everything from artificial hot dogs and candy wrappers to Metrocards, NYC Parks employees and commissioned artists reimagine a Christmas classic.
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Femicide Artwork “Censored” From Greek Consulate in New York
Artist Georgia Lale’s flag artwork was removed from an exhibition following backlash from far-right Greek politician Dimitris Natsiou.
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The Wildest Art Stories of 2023
Extraordinary discoveries, rogue tourists, and moments of institutional failure and abuse of power defined a topsy-turvy year in visual culture.
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Met Museum to Return 16 Looted Khmer Artifacts
The works, linked with infamous antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, will be repatriated to Cambodia and Thailand.
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Zara Stores Face Protests Over Ads Evoking Palestinian Suffering
The fast-fashion brand’s since-withdrawn campaign featured images of white-cloth bundles resembling the bodies of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
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Far-Right President Javier Milei Axes Argentina’s Culture Ministry
The libertarian leader and dictatorship denier also eradicated agencies dedicated to women, gender, and diversity and the environment.
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The Pantone Color of the Year “Conspiracy,” Explained
TikTok users are calling BS on the company in videos alleging that the chosen hues align with the interests of tech giants.
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Displaced by War, Sudanese Artists Fight to Keep Making Work
With more than 12,000 people dead and millions uprooted from their homes, many artists and cultural members have been forced to start anew.
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Citing Silencing of Arab Voices, Artists Cut Ties With Art Canada Institute
The nonprofit, based out of the University of Toronto, asked a group of Arab and Muslim artists for a last-minute “sensitivity review” of their exhibition.
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Faux Apology Lampoons Pro-Israel Manhattan Art Dealers
Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, and Amalia Dayan say their Upper East Side gallery was “vandalized” with a message that decries the “massacre of Palestinians” in Gaza.
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Queer Cinema for Palestine Pushes Back Against Israel’s “Pinkwashing”
The event, running now through December 10, first launched in 2021 as an alternative to the government-sponsored Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival.
