DC’s “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,” a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more.
Hyperallergic
March 9, 2026
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As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. From Chinatown, with Love celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special — and amid a world in turmoil, Mina's reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents.
Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
Installation view of From Chinatown, With Love (photo AX Mina/Hyperallergic)The Political Potential of the Chinatown Storefront
Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina
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Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April
The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking.
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Golestan Palace on March 3 after it was damaged during US and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran (photo by Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)- Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have caused significant damage to the Qajar-eraartifacts, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of Tehran.
- In Washington, DC, a "Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame" includes “stars” for MoMA trustee Leon Black, arts patron Les Wexner, and others mentioned in the Epstein files.
- Computer scientist Stephen Thaler struck out once again this week after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal on the years-long legal battle to secure copyright protections for an AI-generated “artwork.”
From Our Critics
Installation view of Petrit Halilaj, “Shkrepëtima (Nita)” (2018) (photo by Cat Dawson/Hyperallergic)Petrit Halilaj’s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth
Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson
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Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom
The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University.
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Hayv Kahraman, “I’ve been circling for thousands of years” (2025–26), oil and acrylic on linen (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles)10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March
The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg
Member Comment
Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg’s “Suffering From ‘Creative Hangover’? You’re Not Alone”:
The authors of that study say that “(t)hough all people have the capacity to be creative, the fact remains that some do so in a professional context and others on a more need-to or want-to basis. Since they are creating for fun rather than for their livelihood, the comparison group experiences ‘lower intensity and less frequent sustained creative demands,’ wrote Smith and Drake.” I think there may be a third option: those who are not creating for money or for fun but whose need or want reveals a deep desire to be creative people regardless of the cost, a cost that may be more intense with greater demands than either of the other two groups.From the Archive
Naqsh-e Jahan Square from the Gheisariye Vault, Isfahan, Iran (photo by Amirpashaei via Wikimedia Commons)Targeting Iran’s Cultural Heritage Means Targeting Human Beings
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. | Michael Press
