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Suggestive Portraits of Queer Priests and Nuns Spark Fury in Mexico

A Mexico City exhibition of paintings portraying sexualized and queer Christian priests and nuns has elicited fervent complaints from religious groups and right-wing figures who have held protests at the museum for over a week. Artist Fabián Cháirez’s exhibition La venida del Señor (The coming of the Lord) opened on February 5 at the Academia de

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Donald Trump Brings Back “Degenerate Art”

At the end of its previous term, the Trump administration turned its attention toward the arts. A 2020 executive order entitled “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” mandated that all future projects conform to Neoclassical architectural styles; another series of executive orders concerned the so-called “National Garden of American Heroes,” an assemblage of triumphalist and traditionalist

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Hyperallergic Spring 2025 New York Art Guide 

Spring Art Fairs James Cohan Gallery’s booth at the 2023 edition of Frieze New York (photo Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) Future Art Fair May 7–10 | futurefairs.comChelsea Industrial, 538 West 28th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan Future Art Fair returns to Chelsea Industrial to celebrate its fifth anniversary, marking its establishment in the city’s fair scene after launching

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