This week, the death of handwriting, how to spot far-right imagery, queerness is African, and is breakfast a colonial construct?

Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
MoMA to Co-Curate Exhibition With NYPD
Arrest Me, Daddy hopes to cast a more positive light on the work of law enforcement officers.
Repatriation-Inspired Fragrance Line Hopes to Heal Collector Wounds
The exotic scents of the Rapatriement line offer solace and joy to dismayed collectors who were forced to return looted artifacts.
Special Edition: 🖌️Artists’ Signatures ✍️
In this special edition, we investigate what artists’ signatures actually mean, and the fascinating results reveal the multifaceted history of this curious phenomenon.
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This week, gifted DeSantis a “fascist” snowflake, NASA’s Webb telescope captures a supernova, corporatizing London’s creativity, and much more.
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This week, a Black Southern quilt collection is donated to a Mississippi museum, the fascinating AI-generated ceramic glazes, a map of Italian Fascist monuments, and can clothing ever truly be recycled?
We Asked AI to Review Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised” at MoMA
What does the internet’s most popular Artificial Intelligence chatbot have to say about Anadol’s AI-based artwork?
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This week, more inclusive crayons, categorizing female muses as artists, Tiktok-fueled “secret menus,” Bernie walks into a TikTok, and much more.
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This week, a new portrait of André Breton, the problem with painted shadows, the story of a misidentified 19th-century potter, and more.
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This week, feline cinematography, two writers on Salman Rushdie, your guide to Valentine’s Day cards, and what happened to the documentary industry?
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This week, AP Style Twitter goes wild, the “enshittification” of TikTok, and did people actually come flooding back to New York City after COVID?
Your Concise New York Art Guide for February 2023
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Ed Ruscha, Nina Katchadourian, Luis Camnitzer, Martha Edelheit, and more.