Distract yourself from the election results by remembering and reveling in the power of art and culture.
November 8, 2016
Pratt Institute MFA Open Studios 2016: Saturday, November 12
This year, for the first time, Pratt’s MFA Open Studios is united under one roof in the program’s new location on the seventh floor of Brooklyn’s Pfizer Building at 630 Flushing Avenue.
“The Great Nasty,” “Fifty Shades of Orange,” and Other Punny #ElectionBooks Titles
As voters head to the polls, the hashtag #electionbooks is offering a literary and punderful outlet for the frustrations of an exhausted electorate.
Celebrate Voting Rights at These Suffragists’ Graves in New York City
Honor the memory of suffragists in New York City at these memorials for the movement’s leading figures.
A Dance that Moves to the Many Tongues of Brooklyn
In a musical and dance performance, a multilingual cast explores the polyphony of Brooklyn through language and movement.
Black Identity Seen Through the Lens of Pulp Stories
In Black Pulp! at the International Print Center New York, artists and co-curators William Villalongo and Mark Thomas Gibson connect the literary genre of pulp with one of its most powerful vehicles: the story of blackness in the United States.
Liveblogging US Election Day 2016!
We can’t concentrate on much else so we’re going to liveblog all the images, memes, and art-related goings-on today. Feel free to post comments below or email us at info@hyperallergic.com if you have images, comments, or hot tips to share. Democracy is happening!
On Election Day, Revisiting Carrie Mae Weems’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton
Carrie Mae Weems presents the country as a place of division, a bubbling brew of hope and desperation and love and hate.
Anti-Trump Quarters Pop Up Across the US [UPDATED]
These real-looking anti-Trump coins are popping up across the US but no one appears to know who is making them. Any ideas?
Airbnb’s Two-Faced Relationship with Artists and Art Organizations
As cities and states pass legislation to curtail Airbnb activity, the site’s future as a tool for artists and art organizations both large and small remains uncertain.
ArtRx NYC
This week, assuming we all survive the election — the results of which you could watch while Martha Rosler VJs at White Box on Tuesday night — attend a progressive museology symposium, take a tour of tombstone portraits, learn about the souring political situation in Turkey, and more.