In Brief
Yayoi Kusama Designs a Balloon for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
A giant sun will be the Japanese contemporary artist's contribution to this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Charlotte Brontë miniature magazine, flax age vs. iron age, the problem with "landscape urbanism," China's new drone tech, US exporting homophobia, and more.
Podcast
The Realities Facing Art Schools Today: A Conversation With RISD President Rosanne Somerson
The Rhode Island School of Design is one of the world's premiere art schools, but that doesn't mean it doesn't face the same challenges all universities and colleges confront. We talk to the head of RISD to learn about how they're adapting.
Art
5 Films You Can Stream on Transgender Day of Remembrance
These films share the stories of transgender individuals, and offer us a way to understand the lives of people who have historically been overlooked by mainstream media.
Art
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This week, the role of the artist in the age of Trump, LACMA's stalled fundraising, Kurt Vonnegut on making a living as a writer, trans lives and cancel culture, and more.
News
First Keith Haring Mural to Go to Auction Fetches $3.8M at Bonhams
Also, Umberto Boccioni’s "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913/1972) fetched $16.2M, and Ed Ruscha's "Hurting the Word Radio #2" (1964) sold for an unbelievable $52.5M.
Podcast
The Relationship Between Art and Law Since the 1960s
Joan Kee is the rare combination of art historian and lawyer, and she's shared her special skills in her new book, Models of Integrity: Art and Law in Post-Sixties America.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the origin of Baby Shark, Martin Scorsese on Superhero movies, TikTok's censorship problems, rappers and the Trump name, Twitter's Saudi Arabia spies, and more.
Podcast
Women’s Central Role in Lebanon's Modern Art World
A new exhibition takes a close look at the friendships of a major artist and critic in 1960s and '70s Beirut, and the charmed art world she helped bolster.
Art
Required Reading
This week, architect unions, Aaron Sorkin writes a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Hal Foster on the new MoMA, Zadie Smith on Celia Paul’s new memoir, Kanye in Wyoming, and more.
Opinion
Parsing Trump’s Latest Photo Op (aka the Killing of al-Baghdadi)
Donald Trump tries to reinvent another seminal Obama moment in his own image. But did it work?
Art
Required Reading
The week, a protest performance at the National Portrait Gallery, Disney's weird policy towards classic Fox movies, words about perception, the lack of food in video games, criminalizing the b-word, and more.