Weekly Newsletter
The Cathedral of Joy
One-on-one with Alfredo Jaar, Damien Hirst’s secret life, Anish Kapoor's optical trickery, and another BS "most influential" list.
Hakim Bishara
Hakim Bishara is Hyperallergic's Editor-in-Chief. He is a recipient of the 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation and Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant, and he holds an MFA in Art Writing from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Pocket Review
Visions of Johanna Unzueta
The Chilean artist’s drawings on hand-dyed paper and homespun fabric are like natural pills against language.
Interview
Alfredo Jaar Is Still Trying to Change the World
Four decades after his Times Square artwork challenged the definition of America, the Chilean architect calls himself “a pessimist with my intellect and an optimist with my will.”
Weekly Newsletter
The Battle of New York
Artists reflect on 25 years since 9/11, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch calls it quits, and our list of art books to read this fall.
Weekly Newsletter
It Doesn’t Get Better Than This
John Galliano pulls out of a show at The Met, the eternal bond between Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, and Alex Katz keeps it moving at 99.
Guide
15 Art Books for Your Fall Reading List
Guadalupe Rosales’s memoir, Christine Sun Kim’s artist book, Fady Joudah’s ode to the people of Gaza, and Elizabeth Alexander’s essay collection are among our most anticipated titles.
Weekly Newsletter
Maybe This Fall Will Be Kind
Yayoi Kusama, Sliman Mansour, and Dolly Parton pass away, and a major Pompeii show comes to the US.
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Chris Kraus, Venice Pavilions, Rina Banerjee
Our favorite national pavilions at the Venice Biennale, Shirley Tse and Dana Berman Duff’s breathing moons, and Dean Millien’s aluminum-foil animal world.
Weekly Newsletter
Betye Saar, Picasso, BlackStar
The little-known story of a stolen Picasso that once belonged to the Guggenheim Museum, Zeitz MOCAA’s new leader, and the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck.
Weekly Newsletter
Savneet Talwar, Anna Boghiguian, Iris van Herpen
A never-before-published interview with Simone Forti, pleating at the Brooklyn Museum with an elite designer, and heartbreaking drawings by children held at ICE facilities.
Queer Elders
Ed Woodham in All the Odd Places
The beloved artist and public art champion discusses his work, activism, and queerness in an interview with Hyperallergic.
Interview
Claire Valdez Wants to Be Your Artist in Congress
The New York State assemblywoman, who is running for a seat in the House of Representatives, spoke with Hyperallergic about her life as a painter, political origin story, and big plans for Washington.