Art Review
One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Art
An exhibition argues that human production — its surplus and waste — is a rising influential force in contemporary art.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
News
Downtown New York Shines at the Independent Art Fair
The invite-only fair includes downtown stalwarts, as well as emerging Tribeca galleries.
News
Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s “Wonder Woman,” Dies at 78
The feminist artist probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media to explore how information is disseminated, transformed, and assimilated.
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
Art
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.
Art Review
The Tender Specificity of John Singer Sargent
What comes through most strongly in the Met Museum exhibition is his humanistic bent: Sargent loved people, and it shows.
Art
Five New York City Art Shows We Love This Week
Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald.
Art Review
Patty Chang Looks Into the Abyss
The artist meditates on motherhood, and more broadly, on empathy, connection, and violence across space, species, and time.
Art
Jennie C. Jones Transforms The Met Into an Instrument
The artist’s rooftop commission extends her translations between music and the physical world across sculptural forms inspired by the museum’s collection.
Art
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows of the week all center individual creators, from big names like Tatlin and Kafka to contemporary artists like Judy Linn.
Art
Vladimir Tatlin’s Ukraine Dreaming
The first North American exhibition of one of Ukraine’s most important artists reclaims his legacy while the country weathers Russia’s war.
Books
Six Art Books to Read This April
The role of dreams in Latin American art, Gertrude Abercrombie’s homegrown surrealism, essays on Celia Paul, new catalogs and monographs, and more.