A Stormy Week of Art in NYC
Hyperallergicby Rhea Nayyar12d ago
The actual nor’easter that punctuated last week’s whirlwind was bittersweet, for lack of a better word.
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top 77%Four Artists Win MacArthur “Genius” Grants
Hyperallergicby Anna Lee12d ago
Visual artists Christine Sun Kim, Rodney McMillian, Vincent Valdez, and Chip Thomas are among the 20 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, the John D. and Catherine T.
How Are Artists Affording Pet Care?
Hyperallergicby Rhea Nayyar12d ago
Imagine this — you make a significant sale that covers your apartment and studio rent for the month and a chunk of some credit card debt, and before you know it, your beloved dachshund stops eating...
Jean Shin Creates Her Own Anti-War Camouflage
Hyperallergicby Anna Lee12d ago
Military camouflage betrays its purpose in the latest installation at the Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT) in Sunset Park.
Whitney Museum Workers Declare Strike
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic13d ago
Next up in the art world juggernaut that is September: Teresa Margolles’s solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, where she co-opts the language of minimalism to honor the lives disrupted or destroyed by...
Teresa Margolles and the Violence We Breathe
Hyperallergicby Alex Santana13d ago
Minimalism’s potential lies in compressing a complex idea or feeling into a visually “simple” gesture — distilling its essence into an experience that cuts away the excess.
The Rough-and-Ready Brilliance of Barbara Hammer’s “Nitrate Kisses”
Hyperallergicby Alexis Clements13d ago
The late feminist director Barbara Hammer's films are not always easy to digest, with their syncopated cuts, layered edits, and general refusal of linear narratives.
Kenzi Shiokava Did It for the Love of It
Hyperallergicby Lori Waxman13d ago
CHICAGO — If you’ve ever been enraptured by a piece of driftwood, awed by its organic intricacy, its improbable whorls, its magical provenance, then the Kenzi Shiokava exhibition at the Museum of...
Ruby City Presents "Generative Disruption: Feminist Art from the Collection"
Hyperallergicby Ruby City13d ago
Generative Disruption: Feminist Art from the Collection, opening September 26 at Ruby City, recognizes the contributions of women artists to contemporary art and explores how feminist artistic...
Announcing the 2026 Center for Craft Archive Fellows
Hyperallergicby Center for Craft13d ago
The Center for Craft is proud to announce the 2026 Craft Archive Fellows. This fellowship advances archival research on underrepresented and non-dominant craft histories in the United States...
Arthur Jafa’s Elegy to America
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic14d ago
Arthur Jafa's recently opened survey at the New Museum is the largest exhibition of his work to date.
Thanks, I’m Just Looking
Hyperallergicby Hakim Bishara16d ago
The following exchange between a curator and me takes place during the press preview for the Armory Show.
No One Is Reading, Except at the New York Art Book Fair
Hyperallergicby Lakshmi Rivera Amin16d ago
If Reading Rainbow’s opening sequence — the Y2K-techno-optimistic Chaka Khan version, to be exact — were a real place, it would be the outdoor zine tent at the New York Art Book Fair.
Here’s What (Dealers Said) Sold at the Armory Show
Hyperallergicby Aaron Short16d ago
This week, the world outside the Armory Show has been embroiled in turmoil. Oil and food prices are soaring while mortgage rates topped 7%, which could compel the Federal Reserve to hike interest...
Arthur Jafa, King of Pop
Hyperallergicby Stephanie Wambugu16d ago
Arthur Jafa’s survey I Am Tony at the New Museum in New York is full of the artist’s characteristic gallows humor that ironizes even the most morbid images and brings to the surface the solemnity...
A View From the Easel
Hyperallergicby Lakshmi Rivera Amin16d ago
Welcome to the 356th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Lara Saget hauls rocks into her studio and brings glass to life.
Should You Sit Out the Armory Show?
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic17d ago
If you survived day one of the New York fair flurry, you have my respect — Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara has read his share of booth press releases over the past 24 hours, too, and offers a...
Independent 20th Century, the Mise en Abyme of Art Fairs
Hyperallergicby Valentina Di Liscia17d ago
Independent 20th Century is an art fair within an auction house inside a building that used to be a museum, a monstrous mise en abyme that perfectly encapsulates the art world today.
The Polish Pavilion Dissolves You in the Politics of Sound
Hyperallergicby Amanda Cachia17d ago
VENICE — I have spent much of my career as a crip curator and art historian thinking about how access is often treated as an afterthought — the ramp added late, the caption burned in at the last...
Photographer Tyler Mitchell Wins Crystal Bridges's $250K Prize
Hyperallergicby Lisa Yin Zhang17d ago
Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.