Guide
15 Shows to See in New York City This April
Margaret Curtis’s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star’s bead-inspired installation are among our picks.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Guide
10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading List
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s first catalog in 25 years, Molly Crabapple chronicles the Jewish Bund, a photographer captures a Black Southern waterway, and more
Satire
New Mysterious Art Fair “The Island” Seeks the Opposite of Buzz
Dozens of mega-collectors are reputed to be attending the super-secretive fair slated to take place in the US Virgin Islands.
Satire
Philadelphia Museum of Art Rebrands Again as "PhArt"
The institution renamed itself in honor of a readymade whoopee cushion by Marcel Duchamp discovered in its archives.
Feature
What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?
Hyperallergic’s editors sit down for an earnest conversation about the institution’s expanded building and inaugural exhibition.
Guide
7 Art Books for Your March Reading List
Read up on the hidden history of occult influences on modernism, French sign painters, the Finnish painter who bucked convention, incarcerated artists, and more.
Feature
First Impressions From the 2026 Whitney Biennial
Here’s what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what we’re still working through.
Opinion
Epstein Files Expose the Depths of the Art World's Rot
How do we empower arts leaders to reject funding from corrupt individuals in favor of donors who have proven themselves to be civic leaders?
Guide
15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026
Books about Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, Alma Thomas, and more, plus critical studies of lipstick and complaining, are on our radar.
Daily Newsletter
Art, Truth, and the Work Ahead
This moment marks new beginnings — grounded in the past and prepared for a world we can imagine and build anew.
Guide
15 Art Books to Gift This Holiday Season
A Ruth Asawa catalog for the disenchanted, artsy almanac for the planners, Prospect Park photo book for the New Yorkers, Vermeer tome for the Golden Age fans, and much more.
Feature
Pyaari Azaadi’s Epic Mission to Mend the World
Our relationship as artist and critic deepened in a profoundly unexpected way as we faced darkness together.