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Rhea Nayyar
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York-based teaching artist who is passionate about elevating minority perspectives within the academic and editorial spheres of the art world. Rhea received her BFA in Visual Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Find her art updates at @rheanayyar.art on Instagram!
Gaza Art Gallery Reportedly Destroyed by Israeli Airstrike
Eltiqa Gallery once operated on the bustling Omar Al-Mukhtar Street in downtown Gaza City and participated in Documenta 15 last year.
Van Gogh’s First Painting of the Outdoors Heads to The Met
It’s part of a trove of 200 artworks gifted to the museum by Law & Order producer Dick Wolf.
Artists to Shop for Last-Minute Holiday Gifts
From quirky ceramics and pet portraits to prints and tufted rugs, peruse our list of presents for this season and beyond.
British Museum Announces $63M Partnership With Oil Giant
The museum said it will use the BP funds to pursue environmental goals, prompting climate activists to call out the institution’s hypocrisy.
Artist Richard Hunt, Maestro of Metal Sculpture, Dead at 88
The first Black artist appointed to the National Council on the Arts, Hunt is celebrated for public works rooted in civil rights and the natural world.
“Extraordinary” 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Found Near Colosseum
Studded with precious glass, shells, minerals, and blue Egyptian tesserae, the mosaic was unearthed by archaeologists in what was once a wealthy townhome.
Rediscovered Rembrandt Portraits May Be the Artist’s Smallest Paintings
The tiny pair of oval paintings of an older couple from Rembrandt’s family circle will be displayed for the first time in nearly 200 years.
The Memes That Carried Us Through 2023
From orcas to Barbie to Girl Dinner, here’s to the viral moments that brought a smile to our faces — or a flash of karmic justice.
Merde! Paris’s Louvre Museum Is About to Get Pricier
The museum is raising fees by almost 30% starting in January, citing rising energy costs among other reasons.
Protesters Demand Brooklyn Museum “Take a Stand Against Genocide”
Following yesterday’s guerrilla action within the institution, hundreds of protesters congregated outside of the Brooklyn Museum demanding a ceasefire in a planned march throughout the borough.
50 Years Ago, She Broke Illustration’s Glass Ceiling
An exhibition of Barbara Nessim’s drawings contextualizes the artist’s graphic portraiture of women against the backdrop of shifting gender roles and equity in the US.