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Hyperallergic Newsletter: Pace Downsizing, NYC Pride, Upstate Art Weekend

other · 2026-06-30

Hyperallergic's newsletter covers Pace Gallery's downsizing leaving workers and artists with unanswered questions, as reported by Valentina Di Liscia and Rebecca Schiffman. Danielle De Jesus captures the euphoria of the Knicks' historic victory parade, while Arielle Shannon documents the NYC Pride March on Stonewall's 57th anniversary with over 75,000 marchers and one million spectators. Taliesin Thomas reviews the seventh annual Upstate Art Weekend, where cars and barns serve as galleries. Steel Stillman gathers community reflections on Nancy Shaver's Hudson store Henry, closing after 30 years in mid-July. Democratic Socialist Claire Valdez wins the primary for New York's 7th Congressional District. Mayor Zohran Mamdani launches a World Cup poster project with the Whitney Museum, offering free admission for participants. Hundreds of artists including Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple urge NYC schools to ban AI for two years. Additional events include the Bloodlines Interwoven documentary premiere at National Sawdust, gallery tours at Wave Hill, jazz at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and performances at LMCC's CATCH series.

Key facts

  • Pace Gallery downsizing raises questions for workers and artists.
  • Knicks historic victory parade documented by Danielle De Jesus.
  • NYC Pride March on June 28 had 75,000 marchers and 1 million spectators.
  • Upstate Art Weekend seventh annual event features non-traditional gallery spaces.
  • Nancy Shaver's store Henry in Hudson closing after 30 years in mid-July.
  • Claire Valdez wins Democratic nomination for NY's 7th Congressional District.
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani partners with Whitney Museum for World Cup poster activity.
  • Artists including Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple call for AI moratorium in NYC schools.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Hyperallergic
  • Pace Gallery
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • National Sawdust
  • Wave Hill
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden
  • Art Collective Cafe
  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)
  • Long Gallery Harlem
  • Armory on Park Avenue
  • Pratt Manhattan Gallery
  • Pratt Digital Arts

Locations

  • New York City
  • New York
  • United States
  • Hudson
  • Upstate New York
  • Stonewall
  • Brooklyn
  • Harlem
  • Manhattan

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