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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, both within and outside New York City. Maya received her BS in journalism with a political science minor from Emerson College in Boston, MA.
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Oh No, the Hudson Yards “Vessel” Is Reopening
Thomas Heatherwick’s highly criticized honeycomb-shaped structure will debut new safety measures following a series of deaths by suicide.
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Portraits of Love and Loss From Around the World
Queer love, single motherhood, and the devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War are just a few of the subjects explored by this year’s LensCulture Portrait Award winners.
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Lex Brown’s Mythical Characters Confront Earthly Problems
The artist’s science fiction musical Carnelian debuted at Oklahoma’s Sovereign Futures symposium.
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NYC’s Largest Trivia Event Returns to the Queens Museum
After a four-year hiatus, the Panorama Challenge is back for its 13th edition at the museum’s massive model of the city that was created for the 1964 World’s Fair.
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Chechnya Bans Music Deemed Too Fast or Too Slow
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” are banned under the new restrictions.
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It’s Bye Boomers, Hello Millennials at This Year’s Whitney Biennial
The 81st edition of the renowned exhibition is younger, more geographically diverse, and not so male anymore, Hyperallergic’s analysis shows.
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Armed Groups in Haiti Ransack National Library
The institution holds a collection of rare books, manuscripts, and newspaper archives significant to the Caribbean nation’s history and heritage.
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Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice
Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.
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Can’t Make It to the Whitney Biennial? Stream These Films Online Instead
A partnership between the museum and Mubi will make a selection of films in this year’s biennial available to watch online from the US, UK, and Canada starting April 12.
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NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets Its Very Own Street
“SVA Way” was unveiled last week on East 23rd Street in Manhattan near the school’s long-running Gramercy Gallery.
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Activists Cover Up Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi’s Rapist in Italy
Advocates drew attention to Italy’s domestic violence and femicide crisis and denounce the Palazzo Ducale’s controversial “rape room” exhibition.
