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Rhea Nayyar

Brooklyn, New York

Staff Reporter at Hyperallergic

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  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Rhea Nayyar

    Two years ago, the once-lofty San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) filed for bankruptcy amid mounting debts, a failed merger with the University of San Francisco, and the decision to close its doors after matriculating the final class of 2022. The situation was so dire that the college’s administration even considered selling its crown jewel, Diego Rivera’s iconic mural “The Making of a Fresco, Showing the Building of a City” (1931), before ultimately suspending educational operations.

  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Rhea Nayyar

    Weeks after the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled that a woman can only be defined on the basis of biological sex, one artist has taken a stand against a transphobic billboard with the power of a really large Dachshund named Saveloy.

  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Rhea Nayyar

    Let’s get inky! A 19th-century condom etched with an erotic print is now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in a display of various historical objects surrounding sex work and sexual health. Depicting an exposed nun pointing at three aroused clergymen, the condom is made of sheep intestine and dated to approximately 1830, when it was likely a souvenir from a luxury brothel in France. Beneath the etching is the inscription “Voilà mon choix,” which translates to “This is my choice” in English.

  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Rhea Nayyar

    Weeks after cancelling a performance on Palestinian mourning organized by the Independent Study Program’s (ISP) current Curatorial cohort, the Whitney Museum of American Art has suspended the program for the 2025–26 year, per a museum statement to Hyperallergic today, June 2. The ISP’s associate director position, most recently held by Sara Nadal-Melsió, “will not be maintained,” the museum said.

  • 3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | Rhea Nayyar

    This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2025 Pride Month series, spotlighting moments from New York’s LGBTQ+ art history throughout June. A rich collection pertaining to lesbian life, activism, and scholarship hides in plain sight in Park Slope, nestled between the residential brownstones about a stone’s throw away from Prospect Park.

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