Art
Required Reading
This week, recreating historical sites with GIFs, a really awful city seal, art history's future, Seth Rogen on Israel, the looming renters' crisis, some tea about Bill Maher, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Podcast
Why Would a Museum Display Skulls of Enslaved People in the First Place?
Students and activists are demanding the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum abolish a crania collection that was collected by a racist physician in the 19th century.
Art
Fantastical Images of Birds From the 2020 Audubon Photography Award
Stunning photographs of birds might be the balm you need during these stressful times.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Gov. Cuomo's sad COVID poster, deepfaking activists, the fear of being canceled, the 'Inconvenient Women' in Hip-Hop, and more.
Art
The Art World Emojis We Need
In honor of World Emoji Day, we’ve dreamed up a shortlist of emoji that the art world is missing, from tote bags to a Duchampian urinal.
Podcast
Should Blue Chip Art Galleries Have Received Millions of Dollars of PPP Loans?
Hyperallergic’s news team discusses the recent release of the names of businesses and organizations that received over $150,000 in PPP loans.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a Breonna Taylor mural you can see from space, cancel culture, California's last Confederate monument, moral clarity and journalism, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kanye designs a new shoe, the warrior librarians of World War II, San Francisco's hidden monument to white supremacy, translating garbage, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, museums and white supremacy, feminist art and the image of Aunt Jemima, reviewing a book about art and prisons, talking about reparations for Black Americans, a racist sculptor skit, and more.
Interview
How Do We Photograph Freedom? A Conversation with Leigh Raiford
The relationship between Black liberation and photography reveals many things about our notions of freedom and the limitations of image making as a form of common truth.
Art
Sunday Edition, Juneteenth: ✊🏿From Images of Liberation to Remembrances🍷
A collection of the complicated and powerful stories that orbit Juneteenth.
Art
Required Reading
This week, John Bolton's late revelations; the difference between photography in books, exhibitions, and on screens; corporate profiteering off racism; architecture's coronavirus moment; and more.