Books
This French Bookstore Has Fun Judging Books by Their Covers
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a well-placed cover really ups your social media game.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Interview
Dictator Selfies and a Superhero Trailer: Glimpses of the New Propaganda from Trump's Recent Summits
Propaganda continues to evolve and the latest version, used by the Trump administration during the Singapore meeting, looks to corporate communications for pointers.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the new Zaha Hadid Architects-designed hotel opened in Macau, Elizabeth Alexander on Lorna Simpson, art collector and art publisher Peter Brant sounds, um, problematic, "Terrorientalist Landscapes," Paul Gauguin's midlife crisis, and more.
Art
The Elusive Index of Relationships Between Everyone
An exhibition divided into eight chapters, Chlöe Bass offers us the residue of social exchange for the audience to examine.
Opinion
The Little President with a Big Mural in a Children's Detention Camp
President Trump's new detention center for immigrant children in Texas houses 1,700 boys in a former Walmart and includes a mural featuring his image.
Art
Rituals of Liberation Intended to Unsettle at the Whitney Museum
Last night's performance at the Whitney Museum reminded the audience that they are all on unceded indigenous land, while exploring the implication of settler colonialism.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Murakami and Kanye, museums confronting colonialism, André Leon Talley talks race, the Enlightenment's racism, winning a house in Detroit, Falz's This Is Nigeria, and more.
In Brief
UK Labour Leader Says He ‘Would Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece’ If Elected
If returned, the sculptures could be reunited after two centuries and settle a longstanding legal feud between Greece and the UK.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the best of the architecture biennial in Venice, Kerry James Marshall on Charles White, the problematic "Glendale Biennial," telling the story of the Chinatown Art Brigade, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Lorna Simpson collages, two very different stories about Saudi art, the politics of photo sharing, Dia:Beacon satire, Detroit Techno history, Trump as Charlie Brown, and more.
Opinion
The Decline of American Empire in One Photograph
Can a single photograph symbolize a momentous geopolitical power shift? Perhaps.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the man that helped launch black modernism in the US, considering Nobuyoshi Araki, crowdfunding as a political weapon, a reading list for mental health month, the Laurel/Yanny divide, and more.