Weekly Newsletter
Everyone Hates Elon
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.
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.
Weekly Newsletter
Holding on to Hope
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.
Art Review
Centuries of Endurance Undergird “In Minor Keys”
The main exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale sets rage and retribution aside, relaxing the oppressed’s clenched fist for a moment of calm, centeredness, and self-forgiveness.
Guide
12 Art Books to Kick Off Summer
A novel lampooning the art world, Megan O’Grady’s meditation on art and living, the man who defined color in the dictionary, Nan Goldin’s tender photo essay, and more.
News
Historic Strike Disrupts Biennale as Thousands March in Venice
Dozens of national pavilions were partially or fully shut down in a strike for Palestine and for workers' rights.
Art Review
A Whole Lot of Nothing at the US Pavilion
After the last two Biennales searched the soul and history of this nation, how did we end up with this art from the land of the bland?
News
Hundreds Protest Israel’s “Genocide Pavilion” at Venice Biennale
Activists led by the Art Not Genocide Alliance blocked the entrance to Israel’s pavilion while waving Palestinian flags on the first day of exhibition previews.
Art Review
I’ve Got the Post-Duchamp Blues
MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp show made me long for those simpler times when "eliminating the artist's hand" provided a pathway back to the true self.
News
Banksy Erects Anti-Imperialist Monument in Central London
A man in a suit, his face covered by a flag, walks toward his own demise.
Feature
What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York”
Plus, the works we’re on the fence about in the massive MoMA PS1 survey.