Art
Egon Schiele’s Landscapes Tell a Winter’s Tale
An eternal fall permeates most of the artist’s landscapes, in which gloomy and Gothic towns are shot through with a sense of impending doom.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
News
What’s the Difference Between Private and Public Museums?
The answer to this seemingly straightforward question reveals a few common misconceptions about our nation’s institutions.
Interview
Ari Moore’s Long Road From Police Officer to Buffalo Trans Icon
“If I do not share the knowledge I have, it's all wasted when I'm gone,” the artist, educator, and activist told Hyperallergic.
Interview
Ari Moore’s Long Road From Police Officer to Buffalo Trans Icon
“If I do not share the knowledge I have, it's all wasted when I'm gone,” the artist, educator, and activist told Hyperallergic.
Interview
The Badass Punk Life of Kay Turner
Instead of “elder,” the 75-year-old artist, scholar, and bandleader prefers the moniker "magnificent hag."
Interview
Lola Flash Has Got Some Stories to Tell
“For years, I didn’t want acceptance from the art world. I wanted the opposite, to be honest,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview.
Art
New Mosaics Arrive at Metropolitan-Lorimer Subway Stop
Local artists Jackie Chang and Chloë Bass created two multi-panel series, now on view at the Brooklyn station.
Interview
Weaver Roy Kady Is a Shepherd First
“That’s what traditional Navajo weaving is: an interpretation of your environment,” the Diné artist told Hyperallergic in an interview.
Interview
Jimmy Wright’s Hymns to Queer Nightlife
“The sense of freedom I felt in New York had nothing to do with the art world,” the painter told Hyperallergic.
Interview
Holly Hughes’s Politics of Pleasure
The veteran performance artist spoke with Hyperallergic about camp, queerness, anti-porn discourse, and nurturing feminist community across generations.
News
Glenstone’s Workers Are Officially Unionized
Organizers accused Glenstone’s billionaire founders Mitchell and Emily Rales of orchestrating an “intense union-busting campaign.”
Interview
Linda Mussmann Prefers the Hard Work to the Parade
The artist speaks to Hyperallergic about founding an art space in Upstate New York and being among the first in the state to marry a same-sex partner.