Veken Gueyikian
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publisher @hyperallergic.com
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Hundreds of artists submitted designs to Mamdani’s 36-hour “I Registered to Vote for Zohran” sticker contest. They focused on quintessential New York City imagery like public buses, street signs, subways, and pigeons.
NYC Artist and Educator Wins Zohran Mamdani Sticker Contest
Nishan Patel’s design depicts a bodega storefront with a furry feline in the window, a tender homage to the beloved neighborhood businesses.
hyperallergic.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hundreds of artists submitted designs to Mamdani’s 36-hour “I Registered to Vote for Zohran” sticker contest. They focused on quintessential New York City imagery like public buses, street signs, subways, and pigeons.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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When architect Moseley Putney took down a wall in a mixed-use development in Louisville, he revealed a 1985 David Wojnarowicz mural. “I popped a hole in the drywall and ripped enough out that I could put a flashlight on it. And there it was,” Putney said. “It was like looking into a freakin’ tomb.”
40-Year-Old David Wojnarowicz Mural Resurfaces, Only to Be Hidden Again
The stewards of the artist’s legacy hope that a work miraculously discovered in Louisville, Kentucky, now covered up by the building’s developer, can see the light of day once more.
hyperallergic.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When architect Moseley Putney took down a wall in a mixed-use development in Louisville, he revealed a 1985 David Wojnarowicz mural. “I popped a hole in the drywall and ripped enough out that I could put a flashlight on it. And there it was,” Putney said. “It was like looking into a freakin’ tomb.”
Just donated to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
Zohran Mamdani has already heavily ratio-ed Andrew Cuomo’s announcement ad with a donation link and it’s going up by thousands every minute
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just donated to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !
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When Trump was elected in 2016, Laura Raicovich had been the director of the Queens Museum for under a year. In 2018, she resigned. “It was not how I would have preferred my tenure to end,” she says, “but given today’s urgencies and threats to democracy, I hope the details of the story are useful.”
This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum
It’s a story about power, leverage, and fear during the first Trump administration, and also about the potential for solidarity and love in the second.
hyperallergic.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When Trump was elected in 2016, Laura Raicovich had been the director of the Queens Museum for under a year. In 2018, she resigned. “It was not how I would have preferred my tenure to end,” she says, “but given today’s urgencies and threats to democracy, I hope the details of the story are useful.”
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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Don’t rank Cuomo.
June 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Don’t rank Cuomo.
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I can get very used to whitewater rafting. Here @veken.bsky.social and I are going over Slaughterhouse Falls.
June 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I can get very used to whitewater rafting. Here @veken.bsky.social and I are going over Slaughterhouse Falls.
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2,169 events across 20 countries. Millions of peope are standing up tomorrow to say with one voice: No Kings!
June 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
2,169 events across 20 countries. Millions of peope are standing up tomorrow to say with one voice: No Kings!
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Three months ago today, plain-clothes ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil in his apartment building lobby after they'd followed him home.
Free Mahmoud.
Free Mahmoud.
June 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Three months ago today, plain-clothes ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil in his apartment building lobby after they'd followed him home.
Free Mahmoud.
Free Mahmoud.
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Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.
Opportunities in May 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Vilcek Foundation, the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
hyperallergic.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams needs to unequivocally recognize the Armenian Genocide
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition that asks NYC Mayor Adams to unequivocally recognize the Armenian Genocide after last year's federal indictment that stated that days before the 2022 Remembrance a Turkish official sought assurances that Adams would refrain from making any statements about it.
Sign the Petition
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Must Unequivocally Recognize the Armenian Genocide
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April 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
NYC Mayor Eric Adams needs to unequivocally recognize the Armenian Genocide
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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President Trump issued an executive order targeting so-called “race-centered ideology” in the Smithsonian Institution, conflating critical examinations of the nation’s oppression of women, people of color, and other groups with “anti-American” sentiment.
Trump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive Order
Among other disturbing and demonstrably false distortions, the mandate suggests that race is a “biological reality” — a tenet of racist pseudoscientific beliefs.
hyperallergic.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
President Trump issued an executive order targeting so-called “race-centered ideology” in the Smithsonian Institution, conflating critical examinations of the nation’s oppression of women, people of color, and other groups with “anti-American” sentiment.
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One of the reasons we're in this mess is because Americans really don't understand immigration and how the system works in the US. And in that vacuum of knowledge the right has been able to conjure up so many fears that continue to perpetuate themselves.
March 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
One of the reasons we're in this mess is because Americans really don't understand immigration and how the system works in the US. And in that vacuum of knowledge the right has been able to conjure up so many fears that continue to perpetuate themselves.
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Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
I really loved this!
Holy lord. One Day on Netflix is perfection. I haven’t read the book - apparently it does it total justice. Beautiful. All the feels.
February 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I really loved this!
For those in NYC: our guide of what to see in museums and art spaces this spring!
You could spend a whole day exploring art in a single area of New York, but we hope you’ll follow the paths in our spring guide that call out to you most, or that you’ve never taken.
Hyperallergic Spring 2025 New York Art Guide
Your guide to this season’s must-see museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City.
hyperallergic.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For those in NYC: our guide of what to see in museums and art spaces this spring!
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If you ever doubted that non-profit arts organizations were vehicles for minority communities to build cultural power, look at how this administration is targeting them. #quuerart #transart #womensart #blackart
The mist chilling grafs from the NEA’s new compliance doc.
February 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you ever doubted that non-profit arts organizations were vehicles for minority communities to build cultural power, look at how this administration is targeting them. #quuerart #transart #womensart #blackart
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It’s possible to enjoy the New York City arts scene without sacrificing a day’s wages — over 130 museums and cultural spaces offer free or pay-what-you-wish entry.
130 Free Cultural Spaces to Visit in NYC
A new list released by the Department of Cultural Affairs highlights dozens of free or pay-what-you-wish museums and institutions.
hyperallergic.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It’s possible to enjoy the New York City arts scene without sacrificing a day’s wages — over 130 museums and cultural spaces offer free or pay-what-you-wish entry.
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as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.