Features
The Unruly Politics of Glitter
In the visual arts, glitter has been used to make the presence of such marginalized identities impossible to overlook.
Francesco Dama
Francesco Dama is an art writer based in San Francisco, California.
Opinion
How Far Should a Gallerist-Artist Relationship Go?
How well gallerists manage ties with artists determines how successful we are in making an artist happy (assuming there’s such a thing as a happy artist).
Art
The Sensual Politics of Jochen Klein
In Klein’s work, the critical structure and the sheer pleasure of painting are inextricable.
Interview
Guglielmo Castelli the Melancholic Painter
The Italian artist speaks with Hyperallergic about his home city of Turin, the loneliness of his characters, and more.
Books
The Lost New York of Larry Stanton
Stanton, who died of AIDS complications in 1984, left behind an engaging body of work, a moving tribute to a bygone generation of creative minds.
Film
Remembering James Bidgood, a Pioneer of Gay Film
I vividly remember the first time I saw James Bidgood’s underground film Pink Narcissus (1971): I was 15 and still in the closet.
Art
A Photographer's Portrait of the Theater of the Streets
A pioneer of street photography, Levitt worked in the most crowded and poorest neighborhoods of New York searching for the theater of everyday life.
Art
At Rome’s Quadriennale, Out With the Old and In With Historical Interventions
Fuori proposes a reinterpretation of Italian visual arts from the 1960s to the present day, affording greater prominence to women and young artists.
Music
Remembering Patrick Cowley, Pioneer of Dance Music and Occasional Composer of Porn Soundtracks
Melding psychedelia with disco at a fast tempo, Cowley helped refine a new music genre, "Hi-NRG,” which seemed ideal to enhance the hot and sweaty vibe of San Francisco’s gay clubs.
Art
In 1977, an Artist Married Her Male Alter-Ego to Challenge Chauvinism
For almost 50 years, Tomaso Binga has been tackling the numerous manifestations of patriarchy in Italian culture. At 88, she is a living legend in Rome’s cultural scene.
Books
Finding Beauty in the Mundane Landscapes of Northern Italy
In Luigi Ghirri's Colazione sull’Erba, previously unpublished images from the photographer’s archive present a sparsely populated world of placid tranquility.
Art
Reimagining Artworks as Actors and the Gallery as a Stage
For General Rehearsal, authors wrote scenes for fictional productions, selecting works of art instead of characters.