Category: Arts Entertainments

LA Louver, the oldest extant gallery in Los Angeles, will be closing its space in Venice this fall and transitioning to focus on private art […]

Five years ago, I reviewed Lisa Corinne Davis’s exhibition All Shook Up at the now-closed Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, New York. Davis’s geometric abstractions […]

Co-defendants Raunaq Alam and Afsheen Khan at the Tarrant County courthouse last week (photo by and courtesy Stacey Monroe) Texas prosecutors are seeking 10-year prison […]

Natan Last’s essays, poetry, and crossword puzzles appear in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Narrative, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. He is currently […]

MEDFORD, Mass. — Fabric works bookend Beverly Semmes’s Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick at the Tufts University Art Galleries. Yet the exhibition’s 45-year span […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Few figures are more beloved in San Francisco than Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The late poet, publisher, editor, essayist, critic, and bookseller might be […]

Opening of the “New York Pavilion” of the Gaza Biennale at Recess in Brooklyn (all photos Diba Mohtasham/Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted) The nearly 10-minute docudrama […]

For nearly four decades, more than 2,000 artists flocked to the alternative nonprofit Art in General (AiG), whose accessible and diverse programming helped propel the […]

“Art magazine! Very, very interesting, Lakshmi. I see you’re doing very important work,” said consulate agent Sherly Fan. “I personally would love to grant everyone […]

The first exhibition dedicated to exploring the cultural history of fashion through a psychoanalytic lens is on view this fall at the Museum at FIT […]

‣ For Dazed, artist and activist Nan Goldin speaks with Mahmoud Khalil about his illegal detention over his support of the Gaza solidarity movement at Columbia […]

The International Center of Photography’s (ICP) Photobook Fest is back with more publishers and new extended hours! Open October 2–5, Photobook Fest will feature more […]

S-21 is the name of a former high school in Phnom Penh that Pol Pot turned into a secret torture center and extermination camp. Between […]

The bipartisan House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this week released 238 pages from a book of drawings and notes gifted to convicted serial […]

“Make work.” Laura James shared this concise yet powerful mantra with me during a visit to her Bronx studio in West Farms. A poster bearing […]

In the international queer community, Arewà Basit is known as a dancing, singing don-diva who makes music, performs in drag, and co-leads the Black queer […]

The art world has seen its fair share of eyebrow-raising brand collaborations in recent years. Damien Hirst made a bag for Prada festooned with bejeweled […]

LONDON — Demonstrating “influence” between artists is a thorny enterprise. Side-by-side comparisons can often reveal how one individual or movement’s technical practice or iconography was taken […]

Obsession often does an artist good. That idea she can’t stop thinking about, that uncompleted project that keeps her up at night — such fixations […]

As I circled around the dozens of booths along the three wide lanes at Art on Paper on Thursday, September 4, one stood out above […]

Robert Grosvenor, whose work resisted artistic classification for more than six decades, died in Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, September 3, at the age […]

Eduardo Holgado encounters most of his art on Instagram now, perusing posts from galleries and artists before ever setting foot in a fair. But when […]

Calling Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka’s solo presentation at the Armory Show a “booth” feels somehow wrong, like a reduction of the all-encompassing sanctum that she and […]

Historian and curator Kim Sajet, who recently left her longtime post as director at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) after President Donald Trump claimed he […]

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch sent a letter to the Trump administration responding to a list of demands the White House presented last month as it […]

A view of the 508-534 West 26th Street building complex in West Chelsea, Manhattan (photo Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic) An esteemed nonprofit wants to turn a West […]

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“Who was Marian Spore Bush?” The question begins an essay by Bob Nickas, who curated the exhibition Marian Spore Bush: Life Afterlife, Works c. 1919–1945, […]

LOS ANGELES — Truthfully, Nancy Buchanan: A Retrospective at the Brick, a comprehensive survey of the LA-based artist’s work, is as sprawling and diverse as […]

Each year, come September, we all pretend the world isn’t burning and put on our best oversized shirt to work our way through the maze […]

LONDON — Some of the Courtauld’s previous exhibitions have suffered from insufficient curation. Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Alice Adams, Eva Hesse, on the other hand, strikes […]

In 2019, Hugo Crosthwaite became the first Latino artist to win the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s (NPG) prestigious triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The Tijuana-born […]

Since 1973, Vincent van Gogh masterpieces including his beloved sunflowers, wistful wheatfields, and self-portraits have been housed in Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. The institution was […]

Initiated in 2006, the NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) is a celebration and international gathering for artists’ book publishers to distribute their work, connect with […]

A round of layoffs at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) this summer is raising alarms at one of the best-known arts schools in […]

A round of layoffs at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) this summer is raising alarms at one of the best-known arts schools in […]

SAN MARINO, Calif. — Standing in the gallery of Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight, you are bathed in oceanic, cobalt blue light. The buzz of neon […]

The Molina Family Latino Gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, which has served as the home of the nascent Latino museum, will […]

LONDON — Of all the YBAs (Young British Artists) of the 1990s — including upstarts like Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, mouthing off petulantly to […]

It’s about that time of year when the slight crisping of the air signals that the balmy summer is departing, but hasn’t disappeared just yet. […]

Amy Sherald, the painter most widely known for her portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, detailed her decision to withdraw her exhibition from the […]

Raphael, “The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (The Alba Madonna)” (1509–11) (image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) […]

As the summer winds down and the season of art fairs and openings approaches, you might assume that the entire art world is on vacation […]

Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta painter Danielle SeeWalker has settled a civil rights lawsuit with the town of Vail, Colorado, more than a year after the municipality cancelled […]

LONDON — There is something both frightening and fascinating about a sculpture that could kill you. Hamad Butt’s Familiars (1992) is a series of three […]

The Surrealists understood that so much depends on context: What is ordinary lining a glove, for instance, becomes grotesque in a teacup. Angolan artist Sandra […]

The Orange Avenue crossing before and after it was paved over (image courtesy Office of Mayor Buddy Dyer) Orlando residents and Florida public officials are […]

Kenny Nguyen: The Divine Eye is an evocative, large-scale installation that invites viewers to engage with the rich spiritual and cultural history of Vietnam through […]

Pieces of limestone buildings, marble and granite royal statues, and the remains of a merchant ship are among the relics of an ancient sunken city […]

GREENWICH, Conn. — Jeremy Frey weaves slim strips of wood into mesmerizing patterns and color combinations with extreme precision. In each impeccable vessel, ancestral Wabanaki […]

Rigoberto A. González, “Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas” (2020) was among the artworks targeted in a statement from the White House on […]

The south of France is known for its idyllic coastal climate, lush vineyards, and charming villages that date back to Roman times. But for now, […]

John Everett Millais, “Ophelia” (1851-2) (image via Wikimedia Commons, PDM 1.0) A 19th-century artwork that has inspired artists from Surrealist Salvador Dalí to contemporary painter […]

Four months into the run of his career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, contemporary artist Rashid Johnson appeared on CBS Sunday Morning this […]

Mickalene Thomas’s former fiancée and business partner has accused the contemporary artist of sexual harassment, nonpayment, and workplace retaliation in a lawsuit filed in New […]

Leon Black at the Museum of Modern Art’s film benefit on November 19, 2018 (photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) A Democratic senator and ranking member […]

SANTA FE — Every third weekend in August, New Mexico’s capital becomes a hub of Indigenous creativity for the Santa Fe Indian Market, hosted by […]

The 14th iteration of the BlackStar Film Festival returned to Philadelphia from July 31 to August 3 with a robust program championing independent Black, Brown, […]

PARIS — The bowl cut, the cats, the heart-shaped potatoes. The predilection for loopy plots and faces hidden in household objects. Whether posing with angel […]

Why should the creator of the artwork only get 50%? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) August is when the capitalist parts of the art world go […]

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“Hey, there’s some kind of painting there on that wall!” The Kentucky architect Moseley Putney remembers the precise moment in September 2022 when a carpenter […]

The Trump administration will begin a “comprehensive internal review” of the Smithsonian Institution, including an examination of exhibitions, curatorial processes, educational materials, and programming related […]

Mark Rothko’s former apartment and studio in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill, where he created the paintings for his renowned Rothko Chapel in Texas, is back on […]

LOS ANGELES — A circa 1848 daguerrotype featuring a nude lesbian couple engaging in foreplay meets Matías Sauter Morera’s AI-assisted fictional portrait of what he […]

Howard Kakita survived the American atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (all photos courtesy Howard Kakita) Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic descriptions […]

Museum visitors in Singapore have reportedly had difficulty keeping their hands off a wall installation consisting of dozens of mounted eggplants. The artwork, “Still Life” (1992/2025) […]

A federal judge in Illinois sided with Scottish artist Peter Doig last month in an outlandish decades-long legal dispute over a desert landscape the painter […]

New York City is defined in many ways by its iconic infrastructure, from our parks to the soaring towers of the Brooklyn and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridges, […]

A federal judge halted further construction on the notoriously dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center yesterday, August 7, in response to a lawsuit citing the prison’s […]

For more than three decades, the Art Dealers Association of America’s (ADAA) annual Art Show in New York City served as the biggest source of […]

This month’s exhibitions bring a transformative twist to the everyday, imbuing mundane items with psychological, political, and personal depth. At Regen Projects, Kevin Beasley embeds […]

A Bangkok exhibition exploring state violence and resistance, which included artists from Tibet and Hong Kong, was altered under pressure by officials at the Chinese […]

The wave of gallery closures that has roiled the art world in recent months continues this week with the back-to-back announcements of the shuttering of […]

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CHICAGO — Nearly every summer in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, some genuinely dumb public art is trotted out for the entertainment of visitors and […]

Kour Pour, “Twice Removed” (2025), acrylic, block ink, and esphand on shaped canvases (all images courtesy Kour Pour Studio, unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — […]

If we need anything from art at this dire time, it’s faith and fun. The shows below encourage flights into the imagination or nurture hope […]

Amy Sherald, “As American as Apple Pie” (2020) in Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum of American Art (photo Hyperallergic) Once, when I […]

The cinematic journey in Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) (2024) begins in the Mexican countryside. Modern civilization — signified by concrete, metal, and powerlines — peeks […]

Public art has no single form — it’s that mural you pass on your daily commute, the sculpture gracing your favorite local park, a statue […]

LOS ANGELES — “The art department is one excellent example of how the arts of peace become the arts of war,” says the narrator of […]

HOUSTON — To say that I’m drawn to Jillian Conrad’s art might sound like an all-too-easy pun in a review of a show that explores […]

Hyperallergic’s monthly Opportunities Listings provide a resource to artists and creatives looking for funding and community support to further their work. Subscribe to receive this […]

The Department of Homeland Security posted John Gast’s 1872 painting “American Progress” (screenshot Hyperallergic, via X) Prussian painter John Gast’s 1872 composition “American Progress,” now […]

The Smithsonian Institution has removed a label from the National Museum of American History exhibition The American Presidency that referenced Donald Trump’s two impeachments. The […]

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Portrait of American artist Raymond Saunders (1970s) (photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) Raymond Saunders, whose collage-based paintings and installation works grappled with the complexities of […]

A 34-year-old man died after a fall from the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan on Wednesday, July 30. Police responded to a 911 […]

A visitor leaves a “birthday wish” for the United States’ 250th Anniversary at the New York Historical (photo courtesy the museum) I work at the […]

Picture this: You are a set of clothes hangers strung out on a rooftop clothesline, placed there by a family trying to extend their supply […]

Sometimes it seems like the art world has a short attention span, skipping from one trend to the next, so it’s satisfying to find exhibitions […]

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — “EN CADA BESO UNA REVOLUCIÓN.” “LESBIANAS. UNIDAS. ¡FELICES!” Such battle cries embody the poetic optimism of Latina lesbian activism across borders at […]

A drawing by Daniel Johnston (image courtesy Daniel Johnston Trust, all others Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic) I was in my second year of college when I first […]

Helen Chadwick, latex costume used in “Domestic Sanitation” (1976) (© Estate of Helen Chadwick) It is perhaps a testament to the enduring power of the […]

Still from Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez’s TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025), which will kick off this year’s BlackStar Film […]

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I spent a few weeks abroad this summer, and it was a relief to be away from the United States and its deluge of bad […]

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), the umbrella institution overseeing the de Young and Legion of Honor museums in the city, laid off […]

LOS ANGELES — In 1933, German-Jewish artist, art collector, and art dealer Galka Scheyer commissioned architect Richard Neutra to build her a house in the […]

Refik Anadol set himself up for failure. For his latest work, the artist best known for his shapeshifting AI installation at the Museum of Modern […]

New York City-born artist and provocateur Andres Serrano wants the United States Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale to showcase his apparently uncritical display of […]

The month of July brings Upstate Art Weekend (UAW), an annual summer cornucopia of art in the region. Launched in 2020 with 23 organizations, UAW […]

President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the second time in the government’s latest […]

CHICAGO — Do people need art? I know I always have, as something to enjoy, discuss, learn from, be puzzled by, and sometimes create. Obviously, […]

A day after Independence Day in the United States, the world’s richest man announced on X that he would form a new political party called […]

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” reimagined for the moment (via @memequeen and @esixus on Instagram, all screenshots Hyperallgic) As we all vie for a distraction from […]

Every year, two dozen artists from around the world travel to the United States to participate in a month-long summer residency at the nonprofit arts […]

CHICAGO — The history of art, stated curator Jonathan D. Katz, “is both the world’s largest archive of the history of sexuality and its least […]

A documentary can sometimes tell a viewer more about the time it was made than the one it recounts. This holds especially true for films […]

A crude sketch of a naked woman allegedly hand-drawn by President Donald Trump was in a salacious 50th birthday album gifted to convicted sex offender […]

Hyperallergic Members are invited to join us on August 12, 2025, for a virtual conversation with two renowned artists about the materiality of paint: Rina […]

Few of Japan’s great photographers had a career as bold and multifaceted as Masahisa Fukase. Though largely defined by his black and white magnum opus […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Ruth Asawa’s infant son, Paul, lies on a blanket in a tender ink drawing entitled “Untitled (FF.1234, Paul Lanier on a Blanket)” […]

It’s that time of the year again when the sweltering, swampy heat of New York City has even the cockroaches stumbling down its sidewalks. For […]

Nearly 150 artists, curators, and other cultural figures signed an open letter denouncing the Centre Pompidou-Metz’s decision to abruptly call off an exhibition centering on […]

Julia Margaret Cameron, “Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die!” (1867), carbon print (© The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A) One word […]

The sky has been a source of inspiration for artists since time immemorial. But our collective understanding of just how far into the past artistic […]

The history of photography has made it clear that the camera is a subjective tool. The glass lens frames the story differently depending on who […]

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One of the best parts about aging, as an artist and a woman, is finding untapped confidence and reaching the absolute heights of your technical […]

Shamim M. Momin will begin her tenure as director and chief curator of the Bronx Museum. (photo by Sue de Beer, courtesy Bronx Museum) Shamim […]

The Buffalo News published a cartoon about the Texas floods that sparked outrage from some audiences. (screenshot Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic via @adamzyglis on Instagram) An event […]

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Federal agents paid an unexpected visit to the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (NMPRAC) in Chicago earlier this week in what the […]

Artist and Gao Brothers member Gao Zhen, who has been held in a Chinese detention center for nearly a year on accusations of violating the […]

On the heels of a historic municipal work stoppage that left Philadelphia’s streets drowning in mounting garbage piles, unionized staff at the Penn Museum are […]

Swedish artist and designer Moki Cherry had a boundless art practice that extended out to the literal walls of her daily existence. This fall, a […]

It’s been nearly a month since 21-year-old Mads Mikkelsen was denied entry into the United States after border agents discovered a bloated JD Vance meme […]

Community members in Plainfield, Illinois, unveiled a monument late last month honoring six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in an anti-Muslim, […]

Answer: They’re in this month’s crossword! Dig into our July art puzzle with more clues on the French term that gave Fauvism its name, Ai […]

LONDON — In a small rural village in Scotland, an advertisement-style billboard by Milly Thompson (1964–2022) depicted two women in swimwear and scuba gear, swinging […]

As another Independence Day comes and goes, and our nation is increasingly compromised, we lean ever further into our collective dedication to art and the […]

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), the only four-year school devoted to contemporary Indigenous arts, could lose all of its federal funding beginning October […]

A refusal to adhere to distinct categories, a breakdown of hierarchies, and an embrace of hybridity are a few common threads among this month’s exhibitions. […]

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To our friends of the human persuasion: Ten years ago the Muppets made a show called The Great Moments in American History. We really do […]

“May we wake up from the nightmare that is our current leadership by voting for leaders who care about the people and fulfill our potential […]

Take a moment to recall the last time you heard the sound of the ocean. Maybe it’s been years, or perhaps you’re listening to its […]

Artist Khaled Sabsabi (left) and curator Michael Dagostino (right) (photo by Anna Kucera for Creative Australia) Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino will represent […]

In the lead-up to the release of Lorde’s fourth album, Virgin, this past weekend, the singer’s social media was riddled with hints of what might […]

AUSTIN — Nora Naranjo Morse and Eliza Naranjo Morse: Lifelong at the Blanton Museum of Art is part of In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships, […]

Mention “spirituality” in relation to modern or contemporary art in a United States metropolis, and chances are you’ll get some eye rolls. Mestre Didi: Spiritual […]

This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2025 Pride Month series, spotlighting moments from New York’s LGBTQ+ art history throughout June. Whether serving as sites of protest, celebration, […]

HOUSTON — On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Joe Overstreet began a new painting. The piece that would […]

On my second visit to Hello Goodbye at Dimin, ceramicist Michelle Im’s first solo exhibition in New York, her terracotta flight attendants were much smaller […]

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and the children of immigrants in the US pursuing graduate studies — including MFAs […]

Lisa Yuskavage: Drawings is the first career-spanning museum exhibition dedicated to the drawings of the acclaimed contemporary artist. On view through January 4, 2026, this […]

Mads Mikkelsen, a 21-year-old from Norway, was denied entry to the United States earlier this month after immigration officers uncovered a popular meme featuring a […]

After nearly four decades of reigning with an iron fist, Anna Wintour is stepping down from her fiery throne as editor-in-chief of American Vogue. According […]

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Photographer Rosalind Fox Solomon, who tirelessly trained her lens on the social inequalities, painful struggles, and human resilience to which she bore witness around the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s nothing nicer than going into a major museum show like Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art at the Legion of Honor […]

Before the telephone rendered it obsolete, the optical telegraph was somewhat of a national fixation in 19th-century France. Petrified by the unknown, Parisians smashed an […]

Millions of iridescent stars, far-off remote galaxies, and swarms of hurtling asteroids are just a few of the cosmic phenomena captured in the first images […]

I don’t tell this story often, and have never told it in such detail publicly before. However, given our current moment of crisis in the […]

Chloë Bass likes to people watch, and our emotions are her medium. She’s part of a lineage of artists across fields who critically explore race […]

Artist’s voices aren’t always easy to listen to. Sometimes it’s because they’re speaking to uncomfortable realities that shape our societies and lives. In other cases, […]

For the third year in a row, Minnesota Street Project Foundation presents the San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), taking place July 10–13, 2025, in […]

TUNIS — It was early spring in Tunisia, and shockingly bright bougainvillea were exploding, the sky was a bright cerulean blue, and the Mediterranean a span […]

The sculptures outside the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, breathe a sigh of relief as DeSantis’s proposal to transfer the museum is dropped. (edit Valentina […]

To liberally paraphrase Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “Locksley Hall,” in the summer, a young artist’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of the forthcoming 2026 Venice […]

LOS ANGELES – I remember when the smoke plume from the Palisades and Eaton fires left LA in January, its black veil drifting out to […]

Alice Austen, “Trude & I masked, short skirts” (August 6, 1891); Collection of Historic Richmond Town, Alice Austen Photograph Collection (all images courtesy Historic Richmond […]

Elizabeth Catlett, “Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison” (2003) (all photos by David Jacobs, courtesy David Felsen) In Upper Manhattan, amid the vibrant green […]

The Brant Foundation’s Glenn Ligon isn’t a deep dive into the artist’s career, but it is a concise overview that does something rare: it gives […]

The National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) and the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, DC, are on the chopping block as the Trump administration […]

You can’t spell “rainbow” without “rain.” Despite less-than-ideal weather, Brooklyn Pride Day kicked off without a hitch this past Saturday, June 14, with its annual […]

Thousands of visitors to the Louvre Museum in Paris were stuck in hours-long lines outside the institution today, June 16, when the museum shuttered for […]

KELANTAN, MALAYSIA — A puppet with flowing hair and a sharp-toothed grin came soaring into view as background singers shrieked, cackled, and whooped. Illya Sumanto […]

KATONAH, New York — In calamity and in commotion — that’s where I begin when I visit Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist at the Katonah Museum. […]

Firelei Báez at the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa features more than 30 works showcasing nearly two decades of the artist’s paintings, drawings, and […]

Kim Sajet, who has led the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) for over a decade, has resigned from her director position, weeks after President Donald […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The Indian Craft Shop, which has presented the handmade arts and crafts of federally recognized American Indians since 1938, closed on June […]

Protesters with signs designed by artist Patrick Martinez in downtown LA on June 8, 2025 (photo courtesy Patrick Martinez) LOS ANGELES — In response to the […]

LOS ANGELES — Police State, a 10-day durational performance by activist, artist, and Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova, transforms the cavernous warehouse of the Geffen Contemporary […]

As a conceptual artist myself, I instinctively approached Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology (2025) with an eagerness to explore the visual storytelling […]

After nearly two years of extensive restoration, the soaring Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, has reopened to […]

Flaming self-driving Waymo cars, “Death 2 ICE” spray-painted across the entrance of a boarded T-Mobile store, highway overpasses dotted with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]

In Gordon Parks’s photograph “Radio Technicians’ Class, Daytona Beach, Florida” (1943), two rows of students gaze obediently at their professor, whose back is to the […]

Jim Shaw, “Large Study for ‘Origin of the Species’” (2016), pencil on paper (all photos Zach Reich/Hyperallergic) Jim Shaw seems to thrive on esoteric references […]

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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, […]

One of many Mean Girl references dominating the Musk-Trump feud feed (via X, all screenshots Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic) Elonald. Elump. Trelon. Trusk. Mump. Whatever combined moniker […]

Daniel Lelong in 2009 at Galerie Lelong in Paris (all images courtesy Galerie Lelong) Daniel Lelong, co-founder of Galerie Lelong in Paris and New York, […]

William Blake, “The Whore of Babylon” (1809) (all photos Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic) PARIS — Amid collective failures to stop genocide and fascism in 2025, the Book […]

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 […]

PASADENA — One fascinating thing about parenting is seeing how your children combine your mannerisms with their exposure to the larger community in their own […]

Because apparently a gold-framed mugshot, chorus of New York Post covers, and raised-fist propagandist painting weren’t enough, another portrait of President Donald Trump has entered […]

As a child, Alan Michelson often rode the T past sculptor Cyrus Edward Dallin’s “Appeal to the Great Spirit” (1908) outside the Museum of Fine […]

The exhibitions this week show us how we shape ourselves in history’s image, and the other way around. Lotus L. Kang’s assemblages at 52 Walker […]

Kick off Pride month with clues on Marsha P. Johnson’s biographer, Greek amphora nymphs, Victorian lesbian photography, a painter who was also Frida Kahlo’s rumored […]

CHICAGO — Tony Tasset is the master of making things that are so bad they’re good.  Over the course of the artist’s long career, this […]

“He taught me how to see, and how to trust what I saw. Painters have often taught writers how to see. And once you’ve had […]

Famed anonymous street artist Banksy has broken his six-month silence this morning, claiming credit via an Instagram post for a new black and white mural […]

Once, when I was in my 20s and too much feeling the weight of being a Black man in the United States — someone onto […]