the gull that set up her nest in the Giardini at the Venice Biennale. via hyperallergic May 10, 2026
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âThe bird decided to settle here, and our responsibility was to disturb her as little as possible,â Kowalska said. âThatâs why we decided to build a little fence and put the signs on it, so no one disturbs her.â They were âvery worried for herâ because a lot of people stopped by to look at the bird and take pictures
The unofficial âpetâ of the Poland Pavilion still does not have a name. Venice seagull eggs typically take between three to four weeks to hatch.
Kowalska added that sensitivity to nature also resonates with the pavilionâs theme. âLiquid Tongues,â the audiovisual installation by Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski, features Choir in Motion (ChĂłr w Ruchu) â made up of deaf and hearing participants â performing interpretations of whale communication codes and songs. The project is based on the story of biologist Roger Payne, who in the early 1960s saw how humans had desecrated the carcass of a whale that had washed up on Revere Beach, Massachusetts.
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Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest o
"Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest of the world may feel a real loss, but that is secondary at best." âCharlie Press, 2020.
"In times of dread, artists must never remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That's how civilizations heal." - Toni Morrison, 2015 essay in "The Nation"
Shout out to the courageous artists who use their creative gifts to resist!
From public murals to museum walls, artists mobilized their practices to call out injustices, expose wrongdoing, and advocate for a better w
đźâď¸đž reposted from @hyperallergic Homes on fire as fossil fuels burn. Pro-Palestine protesters jailed. Migrants disappeared from the streets of the United States. Trans individuals persecuted and denied life-saving care. Indigenous peopleâs rights under threat. There was no shortage of injustices in 2025. Refusing to be desensitized by the perpetual scroll of tragic images and news headlines, artists and creative activists mobilized their mediums in pursuit of change, sometimes risking their own lives and livelihoods.
@valentina.diliscia compiled a decidedly non-comprehensive list of 10 works that spoke truth to power in 2025, which you can find at our link in bio.
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1 & 4 - A visitor with Amy Sheraldâs painting âTrans Forming Libertyâ (2024) at the Whitney Museum of American Art (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
2 - A Banksy mural after being partially removed from a wall of the Royal Courts of Justice on September 11, 2025, in London (photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
3 - A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas, April 28, 2025 (Š Reuters/Paul Ratje)
5 - Doc Tenzin, âEarth is Heardâ (2025) at the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (photo courtesy the artist)
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From Christoâs billowing flags to forgotten oral histories, this year reminded me why art matters: it gives voice, refuses erasure, and makes something beautiful from the wreckage.
Film still of Patty Chang, âMelons (at a loss)â (1998), on view in Monstrous Beauty (2025) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (image courtesy the artist)
This Christmas, Iâm grateful â itâs aâŚ
âThe people at the 'bottom' are also very important and all deserve to be getting a living wage,â said one of the workers.
Dozens of employees at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) have gone public with their cross-departmental push to unionize through AFSCME Cultural Workers United this week, hopping on the years-long wave of arts and culture institution workforces organizing nationwide. Under the title DIA Workers United, the group presented the museum with a letter requesting recognition of its union on Tuesday, November 4.
A spokesperson for AFSCME Michigan told Hyperallergic that theyâre âworking towards voluntary recognition, and the relationship with the museum has been very positive,â also noting that DIA Workers United represents a âstrong majority that is growing every single day.â
Sarah Burger, one of the organizers for DIA Workers United who has worked at the museum as a preparator for 20 years now, told Hyperallergic over the phone that serious conversations about unionizing started towards the end of 2024, and now ââalmost every single department within the museum is being represented at this point.â
âBurger explained that like many other cultural worker unions, DIA Workers United comes together out of love for the museum and the work being done within it, telling Hyperallergic that staff are âpassionate about their work, but they just wanna make ends meet.â
ââI personally have been priced out of two neighborhoods,â Burger stated. She said sheâs lived in Detroit for 25 years, and that the city is in the midst of a major development and revitalization effort that has already led to rising rents and housing costs.
The worker also lauded the DIAâs board and administration for the museumâs growing endowment, as well as the stable operations budget secured through the Tri-County millage (in which 0.2% property taxes from Macomb, Wayne, and Oakland counties go toward funding the museum) in 2012 and again 2021, but noted that âin a financially secure institution, thereâs no reason that that full-time employees should be working a second job.â
ââI do think that people at the âtopâ ought to be compensated well for those efforts, but the people at the âbottomâ are also very important and all deserve to be getting a living wage,â Burger continued. She pointed out that the lowest wage at the museum is $16.50 an hour; the museum is currently advertising roles in visitor experience, security, and retail sales at this rate.
Burger also alleged that DIA has left certain positions vacant for over a year, and had employees in subordinate roles assume the responsibilities of said positions without providing them with title changes, promotions, or increases in compensation.
A spokesperson for DIA wrote in an email, âWe fully respect our employeesâ legal rights to organize and to choose whether they wish to be represented by a union [âŚ] The DIA continues to be committed to having a fair, supportive, and inspiring workplace.â
âWe donât want this to be an âus versus themâ situation,â Burger said of DIA Workers Unitedâs relationship with the museum, alluding to how the Los Angeles County Museum of Art recently declined to recognize its staffâs union this week.
ââWe want to work with [the museum], we want to negotiate. I think weâll be able to strike a balance with the administration and truly have a partnership,â Burger explained. âI think thatâs exciting, because if your employees are thriving, then the museum is really going to be thriving.â
Editorâs Note, 11/10/2025, 11:56am: This report has been updated with a comment by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
