Opinion
Stop Calling the Whitney Biennial “Safe”
Art-world people love lobbing this low-hanging critical fruit at the exhibition. This year especially, the moniker is ill-fitting and glib.
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.
Satire
Berlin Museum Removes All Artwork Depicting Rivers or Seas
The German media praised the move, accusing several international bodies of water of antisemitism.
Guide
8 Art Shows to See in New York This March
This month: Huma Bhabha, Paul Cadmus, Kay WalkingStick, Beatrix Potter, and more.
News
Climate Protesters Soup the Mona Lisa in Paris
"What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?" the activists yelled.
News
Whitney Museum Entrance Doused With Fake Blood
The guerilla protest coincided with a march for Gaza in Manhattan.
News
Ai Weiwei Speaks Out on Cancellation of His London Exhibition
In a statement to Hyperallergic after Lisson Gallery nixed his show, the artist warned of “soft violence aimed at stifling voices” on the topic of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
News
Yayoi Kusama Apologizes for Anti-Black Comments
As her SFMOMA exhibition opens to the public, the artist expresses "deep regrets" over past statements revealed by Hyperallergic.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in New York This September
This month: Ruth Asawa, Michael Rakowitz, Math Bass, contemporary Native art, and more.
Art
Your Armory Week Bingo Card Is Here
Some things never change, like the over-botoxed art collector and the $25 cold sandwich.
Art
How Long Must We Sing This Song?
Dread Scott channels Nina Simone through works that sing of pain and endurance.
Art
Christ, Cocks, and All That Jazz
Like a page out of Sigmund Freud’s therapy notebook, all the main protagonists of Agata Słowak’s paintings are the artist herself.
Art
What Kim Kardashian Taught Me About Art Fairs
At the Independent, the cool kids of the art world rhapsodized about celebrity culture and the environment.