Interview
Reflecting on the Complicated and Painful History of Anti-LGBTQ Violence in the US
I'll never forget the day I wandered into Skylar Fein's "Remember the UpStairs Lounge" (2008) at the Prospect.1 biennial in New Orleans.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, Vito Acconci opens at MoMA PS1 (and any serious art-lover will want to see it), El Museo del Sures will document the stories of South Williamsburg, Ida Applebroog talks about her childhood, and much much more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Alex Israel shlock, Brooklyn's most famous building, Howard Hodgkins is unhappy (in life), John Cage meets Sun Ra, and more.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, salsa dancing in a museum, learn from Martha Rosler about gentrification, talk about endangered languages with Mariam Ghani, explore Museum Mile, and more.
Podcast
Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman on Their Arts-Centric Super PAC #Podcast
In our third episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast, we talk to artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman about their For Freedoms Super PAC.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Getty's recorded art history, Muhammad Ali's radical history, Michelle Obama's commencement speech, Morley Safer as artist, venture philanthropists, and more.
Podcast
Hyperallergic Podcast: Tania Bruguera, Mariam Ghani, Queens International
In our second episode we focus on New York's borough of Queens, which is becoming a growing hub of artistic activity in the city.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, 72 new emojis, being photographed by Mapplethorpe, Dublin's artist studio problems, empathy vs exploitation, Warhol on Trump, and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, US architecture's odd couple, Roberta Smith about the new SFMOMA, Taibbi on Trump, censorship in Israel, multi-generational affluence in Florence, animals in art project, and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, bell hooks on Beyoncé, photographs from behind, makeshift memorials to gun violence in New York, Philip-Lorca diCorcia on the art market.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the Pope in the Sistine Chapel, logo ripoffs, art's connection to OxyContin, Saudi Arabia's destruction of Yemeni cultural heritage, gender disparity in the art world, and more.
Art
Tracing the Contours of Power at the Marrakech Biennale
MARRAKESH — In the vaults adjacent to the city's Koutoubia Mosque, a video by the Copenhagen-based artists' group Superflex tells the story of migrants and refugees eager to reach Europe.