Art Review
Joan Semmel’s Paintings Are Beautifully Disturbing
The nonagenarian artist insists that women’s bodies are interesting for more than their eroticism.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
In Memoriam
Remembering Frank Gehry, Martin Parr, and Mel Leipzig
This week, we honor a sculptor of buildings, a photographer of the absurd, and the “Chekhov of Trenton.”
New York Newsletter
New York: Best of 2025
Our favorite shows in the city all year, and the events we’ll be attending this week.
Community
Art Movements: All's Fair in Art Fairs
Also: Three art-world heavyweights from Pace, Di Donna, and Sotheby’s are opening a new secondary sales gallery named … “PDS.”
In Memoriam
Remembering Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz, Robert A. M. Stern, and Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
This week, we honor an advocate for women’s leadership, a museum architect, and a photographer of dreamscapes.
New York Newsletter
Mayor Mamdani’s Artistic Vision
All you need to know about the New York art world this week.
Community
Art Movements: The US Finally Gets a Venice Biennale Rep
Plus, Zohran Mamdani’s arts committee, Frida Kahlo sets price record (again), John Oliver hawks a Bob Ross, and more in this week’s news.
In Memoriam
Remembering Llyn Foulkes, Dawn Little Sky, and Dorothy Vogel
This week, we honor a quintessential LA artist, one of Disney’s first Native artists, a librarian who moonlighted as a collector, and more.
Guide
Five New York City Art Shows We Love Right Now
Whether your preference is abstraction or history, we’ve got you covered with shows featuring Anish Kapoor and others, as well as historical artifacts.
Art Review
We Are History’s Ghosts
An exhibition on the Lower East Side turns to collective memory and reenactment to cut through today’s political numbness.
Community
Remembering Bill Ivey, Guy Cogeval, and Marilyn A. Zeitlin
This week, we honor artists, museum directors, politicians who championed art, and others.
Guide
Six New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Some of our favorite exhibitions, including those by Kader Attia and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, address intimacy and healing, but we're also enjoying Monet.