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Rosalyn Drexler, Pop Artist and Polymath, Dies at 98
The painter, Emmy-winning screenwriter, and one-time wrestler probed gender and power in popular culture.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Guide
Four New York City Shows to See Right Now
Rejin Ley’s paper sculptures at a historic museum, Christian Marclay’s concept of doors as transformative spaces, Marian Spore Bush’s 1930s prophecies of WWII, and more.
Art Review
A Contemporary Art Exhibition in an 18th-Century Home
Through paper works set within period interiors, Rejin Leys makes visible the nested layers of Jamaica, Queens.
Guide
New York Area Shows to See Right Now
From James Bidgood’s homoerotic photographs to Jeremy Frey’s basketry, there’s still plenty of art to see before the fall art season starts up.
Book Review
This Novel Is the Art World’s Black Mirror
We all know the protagonists of Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection. You’ve seen them at the gallery openings, on Instagram. In fact, there’s a good chance you are them.
Art Review
Sandra Poulson’s Haunted House
Sculptures based on household objects make history palpable, layering colonial legacies, trade networks, and Angolan national memory.
Guide
Four New York Area Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows all have a historical bent, as they look to China a millennium ago, the Catskills in the 1950s, New York City in the ’70s, and more.
Art Review
Chinese Bronzes Blur the Line Between Original and Copy
An exhibition champions 12th-to-19th-century bronzes dismissed as copies, yet struggles with its own definitions of originality.
Art Review
The Asian Modernists of Paris
Across more than 220 works by Asian artists, a landmark exhibition tells a different story of the city’s golden age.
Guide
6 Art Books to Read This August
Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.
Guide
New York City Shows We Love Right Now
From Moomins to Warhol to posters protesting nuclear war and prayer as healing, we’re all about uplifting shows this week.
Art Review
The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age
Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.