This week, news outlets flock to TikTok, New York Times staff strikes, the problem with the phrase “late-term abortion,” and was the North Pole once a forest?
Hakim Bishara
Hakim Bishara is a Senior Editor at Hyperallergic. He is a recipient of the 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation and Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant and he holds an MFA in Art Writing from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Send him your tips, comments, and questions at hakim@hyperallergic.com.
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MoMA Trustee Leon Black Accused of Rape, Again
Plaintiff Cheri Pierson accuses the disgraced financier of a “brutal” sexual attack at the Manhattan mansion of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Talking Sex Work With Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova
Hyperallergic sat down with the Russian feminist icon for a conversation about art, activism, and how they converge in her OnlyFans sex work.
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Museum Directors, Do You Need a Hug?
Prominent museum directors declaring that they are “deeply shaken” by climate activists is a resounding failure of leadership.
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Climate Activists Go Warhol on Van Gogh, Splashing “Sunflowers” With Tomato Soup
The work, which is behind glass at London’s National Gallery, was part of Just Stop Oil’s latest protest action.
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Required Reading
This week: New York’s disappearing alleys, Wolfgang Tillmans’s fading star, Velma Dinkley is gay, and more.
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MoMA’s Cruel Offer to Unionized Workers During the Pandemic
The museum offered some workers the option to forgo pay raises in exchange for keeping their jobs, union members told Hyperallergic.
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Imperialist Violence Undergirds Hew Locke’s Majestic Met Museum Facade Sculptures
The Guyanese-British artist’s commission for the museum was created in a tense dialogue with collection objects that are connected to conquest.
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True Stories From the Armory Show
At the Rolls-Royce of art fairs, I found chatty visitors, some good art, and works so bad they deserved their own section.
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Israeli Forces Kill 22-Year-Old Gaza Artist
Duniyana Al-Amour was one of at least 44 Palestinians killed in Israel’s latest attack on Gaza.
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Required Reading
This week, criticism of New York’s proposed “feminist jail,” activists are losing steam, cultural appropriation parodies on TikTok, and more.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week we discuss tanning, butt lift surgeries, trigger warnings, Documenta 15, and more.
