Art Review
MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting
The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner’s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
In Memoriam
Remembering Pearl Fryar, Siri Aurdal, and Frank Stack
This week, we honor a self-taught topiary artist, a mainstay of ’60s Scandinavian art, and author of what may be the first underground comic.
New York Newsletter
Duchamp in New York
MoMA opens its latest blockbuster, Jasper Johns keeps looking, Aruna D’Souza responds to Josh Kline, and much more.
Interview
Marcel Duchamp Was the Messenger of History
“The art world changed,” scholar Thierry de Duve told us on the occasion of MoMA’s new show. “Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ is the message that brings us the news.”
In Memoriam
Remembering Nathan Farb, Thomas Zipp, and Christine Ruiz-Picasso
This week, we honor an intrepid photographer, a punk German artist, and the founder of the Museo Picasso Málaga.
New York Newsletter
Kamrooz Aram Is Everywhere
Read Aruna D’Souza’s take on the Iranian artist. Plus, Duchamp is coming to MoMA, Upstate art this month, and more.
Guide
15 Shows to See in New York City This April
Margaret Curtis’s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star’s bead-inspired installation are among our picks.
Guide
10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading List
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s first catalog in 25 years, Molly Crabapple chronicles the Jewish Bund, a photographer captures a Black Southern waterway, and more
In Memoriam
Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards
This week, we honor an absurdist cartoonist, a trailblazing feminist artist, and a sculptor who probed the history of violence in the US.
Satire
5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative
Qualifications include a malleable moral compass, and compensation is sometimes guaranteed.
New York Newsletter
Frida, Diego, and Raphael
Blockbuster exhibitions at The Met and MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum announces African art gallery, and things to do during a beautiful spring week.
In Memoriam
Remembering Calvin Tomkins, Rhoda Roberts, and Agosto Machado
This week, we honor a celebrated art writer, a champion of First Nations culture, a downtown NYC performance artist and activist, and others.