Rhea Nayyar
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New York, NY, United States
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Public Art Festival Will Turn Manhattan Street Into a Runway
Art in Odd Places is now accepting proposals for this year's festival, returning to 14th Street in Manhattan with the theme "Dress." → Read More
Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiled in New Jersey
Newark residents were also invited to share their personal stories of liberation for a permanent audio piece that complements the sculpture. → Read More
Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg to Step Down
His tenure was marked by a multitude of controversies, including protests over former trustee Warren Kanders and a grueling labor struggle. → Read More
Mini Roman-Era Sphinx Discovered Near Egyptian Temple
The small statue was recovered from the ruins of a tomb east of the Dendera Temple. → Read More
Burn Down the Patriarchy With this Eggplant Emoji Candle
The artwork by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova is one of several in an auction benefiting reproductive health organizations. → Read More
Abortion-Related Artworks Removed from Idaho College Exhibition
Lewis-Clark State College cited violations of the No Public Funds for Abortions Act passed last year. → Read More
Hirshhorn’s The Exhibit Premieres With Inflatable Banana and Lots of Cringe
The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist is filled with awkward silences and art-world jargon. → Read More
Extinction Rebellion Storms Rijksmuseum for Rembrandt Action
Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products. → Read More
Roe v. Wade Case Documents Fetch Over $600K at Auction
The archive, belonging to lawyer Linda Coffee, contains nearly 150 documents and letters related to the historic case. → Read More
Viral "Photographer" Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated
Jos Avery had told his followers he used a Nikon D810 to take his distinctive black-and-white portraits. → Read More
Florida Man Says He Wants to Buy Broken Koons Sculpture
Here’s how he should spend the money instead. → Read More
Using Hair, Rice, and Indigo, an Artist Reclaims Her Family History
Adebunmi Gbadebo creates art from organic materials, like soil taken from her enslaved ancestors’ grave sites on the True Blue plantation. → Read More
Sacred Nuxalk Nation Totem Pole Finally Repatriated
The object was in the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum for over a century. → Read More
The Countries Paying Youths to Simply Enjoy Art
Germany, France, Italy, and Spain offer cash stipends to their younger citizens in an effort to revitalize arts and culture after the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Fighting HIV Stigma With Valentine's Day Cards
Organized by Visual AIDS, “Love Positive Women” is a project that distributes hundreds of hand-crafted Valentine's Day cards to women living with HIV. → Read More
Hirshhorn's New Reality Show Looks for America's Next Top Artist
Seven artists will compete for a cash prize and a chance to exhibit their work at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum. → Read More
US Museums Reduce Emissions With Help From Frankenthaler Foundation
Art museums and schools are encouraged to apply for the grants. → Read More
Rijksmuseum’s Slavery Exhibition Is Coming to New York
The extensive exhibition confronts the Netherlands’s often-forgotten colonialist legacy. → Read More
Is This the End of Twitter’s Beloved “Art Bots”?
Twitter’s curbing of free API access could affect accounts posting from museum collections or the archives of long-gone artists. → Read More
Art by Guantánamo Detainees Can Now Be Released
The US government has lifted a Trump-era ban that kept formerly imprisoned people from accessing their works. → Read More