Art Review

A Cold Plunge Into Glenn Ligon’s Blue

New works exemplify a line of inquiry central to the artist’s practice: How might language and color merge to birth figuration?

Memes

How Punch the Monkey Captured the Hearts of Artists

A baby macaque and his ever-present stuffed orangutan at a Japanese zoo have inspired fan art worldwide, from illustration to embroidery to memes.

Art Review

Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

This artist rejects the notion that paint as a medium inevitably becomes exhausted, incapable of making something, however broken it may be.

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Announcement

Mitchell Johnson’s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris

Intimate paintings spanning nearly four decades of the artist’s career are on view at the gallery from February 28 to March 21.

Daily Newsletter

Epstein in the Shadow of de Sade

Ed Simon on how the intellectual elite absolves abusers of their crimes, Marigold Santos's loving epiphytes, and Damien Davis in conversation with Hakim Bishara.

Community

Art Movements: Marilyn Minter Wins Again

The feminist artist received an international award from Anderson Ranch. Plus, new top staff at university museums, and the V&A goes to the zoo.

Art Review

Marigold Santos Takes Root

She uses epiphytes — plants that grow on other plants without harming them — as a framework for the expansive ways diasporas form.

Member Event

Keeping a Critical Eye on the Art World With Damien Davis

Join us on March 2 for a virtual conversation between artist and Hyperallergic contributor Damien Davis and Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara.

Opinion

The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side

Like the infernal French nobleman, Jeffrey Epstein’s story represents cruel and oppressive politics that were seeded in aristocracy, tended in capitalism, and are now harvested in fascism.

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Announcement

Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Returns to Powerhouse Arts This Spring

Over 50 exhibitors, hands-on programming, and a juried print exhibition make up the fair’s expanded second edition. April 9–12, 2026.

Community

Required Reading

This week: movie poster art, the typist behind Henry James’s novels, Gisèle Pelicot’s new memoir, indie rock in “Heated Rivalry,” and are we in an arts and crafts renaissance?

News

Les Wexner Claims Naivety in Epstein Deposition

The billionaire retail tycoon continues to deny any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes, but not everyone is buying it.