In Memoriam

Remembering Marijke De Roover, Sliman Mansour, and Fabrizio Plessi

This week, we honor a feminist Belgian performance artist, an icon of Palestinian liberation, and an Italian video art pioneer.

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Announcement

Mitchell Johnson: "Twenty-One Years in Truro (Selected Paintings 1988–2026)"

The artist's sixth solo exhibition at Castle Hill will open to the public on September 8, 2026.

Feature

Artist's Device Slows Down Citi Bikes in Less Affordable Neighborhoods

Justin Blinder's latest project examines New York City’s affordability crisis and makes the disparities felt on a physical level.

News

Famed “Portrait of Omai” Will Go on View at LA’s Getty Museum

The Sir Joshua Reynolds painting, acquired in a joint deal by the Getty and the National Portrait Gallery in London after a heated controversy, will be on display starting September 14.

News

US State Department Takes Down “Woke” Kehinde Wiley Painting

“Young Artists After Siamesa 1960” (2015) was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic and could be sold.

News

Chinese Artist Gao Zhen Gets 3-Year Prison Sentence for Mao Sculptures

Prosecutors used sculptures depicting the Chinese Communist Party founder repenting and aiming fire at Jesus in evidence.

Feature

An Ethos of "By Us, for Us" at the Santa Fe Indian Market

Participants in this year’s edition were unafraid to express themselves outside touristic expectations of “tradition,” making work meaningful to themselves and their communities of chosen kin and allies.

Film Review

Barbara Hammer Through Her Own Lens

“Barbara Forever” is both a biography and a conversation the late filmmaker has with herself.

News

Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Hope and Humanity, Dies at 79

"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people in the world.”

Book Review

Maria Martins Was More Than Just Duchamp’s Lover

A new book by leading Duchamp scholar Francis M. Naumann chronicles the artist’s affair with the Brazilian sculptor, but frequently reduces her influence and career to sexual allure.

News

Detroit Institute of Arts Unveils Neighhh-borly Display of Love

The Lisa Frank-hued tribute was commissioned for the exterior of a barn in Hess-Hathaway Park as part of the institute’s longstanding public art program.

News

Amid Trump’s Threats, a Potential Home for Smithsonian Latino Museum

The Smithsonian board will reportedly vote on housing the fledgling institution in the recently reopened Arts & Industries Building — a move that would allow it to bypass Congressional approval.