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Art Orgs That Received More COVID-Era Funding Outperforming Others, Study Finds

A new report zooms in on data from 10 cities between 2019 and 2024, linking local public investments to stronger performances in the arts sector.

Anna LeeAug 5, 2026

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Pleating With Iris van Herpen

Iris van Herpen is making a collective garment at the Brooklyn Museum, Trump’s Smithsonian warpath, and Rice University goes tuition-free for many.

HyperallergicAug 5, 2026

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Valerie Hillings Named Inaugural Director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

She will return to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation after helming the North Carolina Museum of Art for nearly eight years.

Rhea NayyarAug 4, 2026

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Rice University Extends Free Tuition to Families Earning Up to $200K

The announcement comes less than a year after the Houston university opened a new $76M home for its art department.

Anna LeeAug 4, 2026

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Trump Proposes Lowest Smithsonian Budget in Years

But while those numbers are still preliminary, there are other, quieter ways in which the White House is trying to control how the institution uses available funding.

Valentina Di LisciaAug 4, 2026

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Best Outdoor Art Shows This Summer

What to see around the city this summer, pleating with an elite fashion designer at the Brooklyn Museum, and hi from Rhea!

Rhea NayyarAug 4, 2026

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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August

Betye Saar’s wearable art, Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s mountain ranges, the world’s largest pop-up book, three South Asian artists redefine monumentality, and more.

Matt StrombergAug 4, 2026

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The Day I Pleated With Iris van Herpen

A show at the Brooklyn Museum invites guests to work alongside the Dutch fashion designer in her recreated atelier.

Livia CaligorAug 4, 2026

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Kimsooja Comes Full Circle

Her first exhibition in the city for 30 years captures her single-minded focus on the needle as a metaphor for folding and unfolding, memory and displacement.

Rea McNamaraAug 4, 2026

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AI Is the New Book Burning

Humanity at stake in Anthropic’s mass book destruction, remembering gallerist Francisco Correa Cordero, pickleball murals in Pittsburgh, and more.

HyperallergicAug 4, 2026

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Michigan Arts School Alumni Allege Abuse by Jeffrey Epstein

The previously unreported claims are part of an investigation into a history of sexual misconduct and assault at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Rhea NayyarAug 3, 2026

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Sharmistha Ray Transforms Pickleball Courts Into Stunning Artworks

The artist's fully playable installation "Geometry of Play" spreads over three courts in downtown Pittsburgh.

Anna LeeAug 3, 2026

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Eric Carle Museum Workers Push for Union Vote

Employees at the Massachusetts museum established by the children’s book artist behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” cited poor working conditions and under-staffing in a statement.

Anna LeeAug 3, 2026

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Lubov Gallery Founder Francisco Correa Cordero Dies at 37

In the decade since starting his New York gallery, he mounted exhibitions of artists including Mira Dayal, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Parker Ito, Bryce Kroll, and Xingzi Gu.

Phillip PyleAug 3, 2026

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Opportunities in August 2026

Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Erie Canal Museum, Jentel Artist Residency, Princeton University, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

HyperallergicAug 3, 2026

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AI Companies Are Pulping Our Humanity

The recent revelation about Anthropic’s systematic digitization and destruction of out-of-print books portends a rapacious future, one where soulless LLMs swell while the shelves starve.

Ed SimonAug 3, 2026

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Ellen Pau’s Elegy to a Vanishing Hong Kong

In the video art pioneer's first US exhibition, water’s changing states become a metaphor for the city.

Gladys LouAug 3, 2026

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Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Will Finally Open

The long-contested museum has an opening date. Plus, V&A Museum workers strike, a Taipei military settlement becomes an artist residency, and a documentary on protest photography.

HyperallergicAug 3, 2026

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Betye Saar, Simone Forti, Walter Benjamin

Your remedy against toxic people, Trump’s war against the Smithsonian, and saying goodbye to two giants of the arts.

HyperallergicAug 1, 2026

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15 Outdoor Art Shows to See in NYC This Summer

Slide through a teddy bear, get weird with a neural network’s hallucinations, play ping-pong on an artist-made table, and so much more.

HyperallergicJul 31, 2026

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California Exhibition to Document One of the US’s Worst Deportation Campaigns

“Help Wanted / Leave Now” traces the infamous “Operation Wetback” implemented by Eisenhower in 1954 to expel undocumented Mexican workers.

Isa FarfanJul 31, 2026

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The Thorny Politics of Protest Photography

A new documentary follows the work of activist and photographer Misan Harriman, but risks overly aestheticizing the movements he captures.

Eileen G’SellJul 31, 2026

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A View From the Easel

“I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.”

Lakshmi Rivera AminJul 31, 2026

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V&A Storehouse Workers Vote to Strike Over “Amazon-Style” Conditions

Staff members allege they were “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”

Isa FarfanJul 31, 2026

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How a Former Military Settlement in Taipei Became an Artist Residency

Treasure Hill served as a Japanese ammunition depot and Kuomintang squatter settlement prior to its reopening as an artist village in 2010.

Andrew NachemsonJul 31, 2026

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Long-Contested Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Gets Opening Date

Activists have called on artists to boycott the new museum, citing inhumane treatment of workers.

Anna LeeJul 31, 2026

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Simone Forti’s Dance of Life

Remembering the pioneering performance artist, who died on Wednesday at 91. Plus: Trump gives two gilded statues in DC a makeover.

HyperallergicJul 31, 2026

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Why Did Rembrandt Die Poor?

Rembrandt pioneered the saleable self, but unlike his rival, Gerard Van Honthorst, failed to reconcile his personal vision with the market.

Natasha SeamanJul 30, 2026

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Trump Regilds DC Statues Mar-a-Lago Style

The sprucing up of the "Arts of War" and "Arts of Peace" equestrian statues cost the public $5 million in a no-bid contract.

Anna LeeJul 30, 2026

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Simone Forti, Artist of Movement and Chance, Dies at 91

The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome.

Matt StrombergJul 30, 2026