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We’re ready to spin the wheel and prepare for a kickass 2020!
Thanks to artist Linda Ganjian for being Hyperallergic’s Holiday GIF commission artist this year.
The Latest
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Dumps Ye’s Honorary Degree
The school denounced the rapper’s “anti-Black, antisemitic, racist and dangerous statements.”
Grief and Rage as Iran Executes Artist by Hanging
Online, dozens of artists have posted tribute artworks in honor of Mohsen Shekari’s life and calling for the immediate release of protesters.
Bull.Miletic: Proxistant Vision Takes Over the Museum of Craft and Design
The Oslo-based artist duo Bull.Miletic returns to San Francisco to explore the influence of new aerial imaging technologies.
Required Reading
This week, news outlets flock to TikTok, New York Times staff strikes, the problem with the phrase “late-term abortion,” and was the North Pole once a forest?
Man Holding His Penis Is Early Example of Ancient “Narrative” Art
The 11,000-year-old wall relief discovered in Southeastern Turkey may reflect humans’ changing roles in the natural world during the Neolithic Revolution.
Pioneers Go East Collective Presents Out-FRONT! Fest.
This new festival at The LGBT Community Center in New York City champions radical queer art, dance, and film.
Artist Maxwell Alexandre Goes to War With Brazil’s Inhotim Institute
The Brazilian artist asked the museum to remove his work from a show about the Black experience, calling the institution a “White man’s theater.”
Caitlin MacBride Explores the Politics of Dye
In an era of fast fashion and sweatshop exploitation, the artist demonstrates how far an industry will go to keep workers out of the picture.
The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival Lights Up NYC This January
This adventurous theater festival returns in person with 36 artists and companies from nine countries performing at different venues across the city.
Two Artist Friends Look to Their Roots for the Future
Both Don Ed Hardy and Laurie Steelink refuse to adhere to traditional artistic hierarchies, an attitude they have shared throughout their 30-year friendship.
The Spun-Glass Dress That Made a Splash at the World’s Fair
It took over 37 hours to pull 1,900 miles of glass filament to create the garment, now on view at the Toledo Museum of Art.
SVA’s Practice-Focused MA in Curatorial Studies Is for Professionals
Learn more about the New York-based, globally linked program and its upcoming discussions on art and society in the time of AI and data governance.
Rewind & Play Pits a Musical Genius Against a Culture of Racism
An insidious racism is at play in interviewer Henri Renaud’s attempt to groom Thelonious Monk for public consumption on French television.
Sean Decatur to Lead NYC’s American Museum of Natural History
The last few years at the museum have not been without controversy, and Decatur will inherit a record of workforce struggles.