It’s that time of the year again, so get out of sweltering New York City and head north for a bounty of exhibitions, open studios, workshops, performances, and more.
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 affecting the arts and culture, both local to New York City and beyond. Maya received her BS in journalism with a political science minor from Emerson College in Boston, MA. Send her your tips to maya(at)hyperallergic(dot)com
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Artists Decry Centre Pompidou’s Cancellation of Caribbean Art Exhibition
Guadeloupean curator Claire Tancons called it a “brutal and shocking” decision and over 100 people signed a letter in protest.
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Buffalo Museum Cancels Event After Backlash Against Texas Flood Cartoon
Award-winning cartoonist Adam Zyglis received death threats for his criticism of the government’s reaction to the disaster.
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What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
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Penn Museum Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
“Too many of the workers we represent at the Museum struggle to make ends meet,” said the union, which is urging the University of Pennsylvania to increase wages.
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Gao Zhen, Chinese Artist Detained for “Defaming” Mao, Looks Ahead to Trial
A leading human rights lawyer will represent the artist, who faces China’s infamously repressive anti-defamation laws over artworks he created 15 years ago.
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Spain’s Museum of Censored Art Shutters “Indefinitely” After Labor Protests
Subcontracted staff alleged poor working conditions at Barcelona’s Museu de l’Art Prohibit, which houses works by David Wojnarowicz, Gustav Klimt, and more.
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Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument
Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in 2023 in an anti-Muslim hate crime, is remembered in a new sculpture in his hometown.
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Tracing Queer History Through NYC’s Public Parks
The green spaces that served as a refuge for historically oppressed LGBTQ+ groups are at the center of contemporary campaigns to memorialize the movement.
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Anna Wintour to Remain Met Gala Chair
The news of her resignation as editor-in-chief of US Vogue has raised questions about her longtime tenure as chair of the annual museum benefit.
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Rosalind Fox Solomon, Photographer of Lived Experience, Dies at 95
Her unflinching gaze, which garnered both criticism and praise, confronted some of the most momentous and often painful chapters in global human history.
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How New York City Got Its First Pride March
What started as a response to the 1969 Stonewall Uprising has evolved and expanded, taking on an added urgency amid Trump’s ongoing attacks on LGBTQ+ people.