In Brief
Iran Arrests Eight Models for Posting "Un-Islamic" Photos on Instagram
Iran has arrested eight female models for posting photos on Instagram that authorities have deemed "un-Islamic."
Carey Dunne
Art
"Art Is a Demanding Mistress": Carrie Mae Weems Delivers a Poetic Commencement Speech
On Wednesday, at Manhattan's famed Radio City Music Hall, artist Carrie Mae Weems delivered a powerful commencement address to 1,100 graduates of the School of Visual Arts.
Art
Butterfly Ovaries and Cockroach Stomachs: Microphotographs as Art
If it hadn't been for Carl Strüwe, a German graphic designer and self-taught photographer, the world may have never come to appreciate the unlikely beauty of a cockroach's stomach.
Art
Boston Artist Builds "Smallest House in the World," Rents It on Airbnb
By the logic of the tiny house movement, a whimsical architectural response to the housing crisis, tinier is better, right?
Art
J Dilla Gets Reanimated in a Video Collage
After a decade of anticipation, The Diary, a long-lost solo album by late hip-hop legend J Dilla, was released last month.
Art
The Endangered Film Projectionists of the UK
In The Projectionists, photographer Richard Nicholson documents the people who work the reels at the few movie theaters in England that remain faithful to old-school methods.
News
2016 Turner Prize Nominees Revealed
Contrary to Hyperallergic's April Fool's Day predictions, Syrian refugees are not included on the 2016 Turner prize shortlist, which was announced this week. The nominees do include the creator of a giant butt sculpture and an artist who convinced gallery attendees to ride around on a miniature trai
In Brief
George W. Bush Started His Art Career on His iPhone
Can George W. Bush eclipse his legacy as a war criminal and one of the worst presidents in American history by continuing to make weird nude self-portraits?
Art
Artist Skewers Inequality by Stealing Forks Used by the 1%
Greenish grime coats the prongs of a silver fork that Prince Harry used at a banquet in 2013.
Art
A Psychedelic Garden Blooms with CGI Cyborgs
Just when it seemed like the psychedelic music video trend was getting old, Japanese artist Kota Yamaji’s video for tilt-six’s track "あなくろノイズ" has come along to melt your head.
Art
Transforming a Refugee Camp’s Walls into Subtle Silhouettes
The white paint that covers many of the building facades in Al-Hussein, a refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, is chipping and peeling after decades of wear.
In Brief
Tauba Auerbach Sculpts a Pop-Up Book for Grownups
In her sculptures and installations, California-born artist Tauba Auerbach often plays with the flux state between two and three dimensions. Her latest project continues in this vein: It's an oversized pop-up book.