Film
Bob Ross the Dreamer Got a Rude Awakening
The new documentary Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed pulls back the curtain to expose the realities of Bob Ross, Inc. but does it go far enough?
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Film
Screens: 🎨 Art Critics on Pandemic TV 📺
In this issue, we asked six art critics to focus their critical lens on the television programs they were watching during the pandemic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the scourge of immersive exhibitions, the popularity of anti-vax deathbed videos, the pregnant man emoji, Chomsky on Afghanistan, Met Gala commentary, and more.
Art
With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric
From bread sculptures to fabric galore, the pent up energy of the pandemic was overflowing at this grassroots art fair that continues to wow.
Art
Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable
No one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the world's biggest Pokémon card collector, how a photojournalist was killed in Afghanistan, Dan Hancox and Kasia Tomasiewicz, writing for Coda, discuss how children's toys may be normalizing surveillance, coopting "woke," and much more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the battle over book reviews, Alice Neel's populism, Herat's history with the Taliban, considering cultural appropriation, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Lucia Hierro's oversized sculptures of shopping bags, the billionaire obsession with outer space, shutting out comic book artists, Ishmael Reed, bad book tropes, and more.
Podcast
Understanding Why a Harvard Museum Will Return Standing Bear’s Tomahawk
Attorney Brett Chapman explains why this Ponca heirloom should be returned to Native Americans.
Podcast
Audrey Flack and the Last of the New York School
For over 70 years, Flack has been making art in New York and boy does she have stories to tell.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Everyday for 21 years, Mike Disfarmer's photographs, antiracism in the contemporary university, creator of Dogecoin has a warning, Pornhub's owner, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the funniest article of the year, online novels, reviewing a new museum building in Houston, hating on Cézanne, defining art, and more.