Satire
An Unintellectual Theory of Tastiness in Art History
No Vanitas paintings, no parables, no metaphors — just pigging out.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Opinion
An Anti-Monument to Match Our Moment
Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial reminds us of a wound on and of this nation, and the risks of forgetting.
Art
Artists With Disabilities Show Us How We’ve Failed
After being immersed in to hold a we at BRIC, I beheld the city with new eyes: steep subway steps, jagged sidewalks, casual cruelty built into our everyday lives.
Guide
12 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall
Usher in autumn with Leasho Johnson’s aqueous abstraction, iconic Windy City protest art, John Akomfrah’s elegy for the environment, stunning works on paper by Haegue Yang, and more.
Art
Christmas Comes Early With Bounty of Eric Adams Indictment Memes
The humans (and rats) of New York are rejoicing.
Art
A View of Asian Diaspora From Halfway Out
The Appearance at New York’s Americas Society succeeds in showcasing art by Asian artists in Latin America and the Caribbean without essentializing their identities.
Art
Volta’s Ukraine Pavilion Brings the War to New York
Seven galleries show work by artists from Ukraine and its diaspora in a special exhibition at the fair.
News
Anton van Dalen, Devoted Chronicler of New York’s East Village, Dies at 86
“[I] have always worked from the perspective of starting with home, then street, neighborhood, city, world,” the artist told Hyperallergic critic John Yau.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in New York City This Summer
From the Bronx-forward work at Wave Hill down to Robert Podavano’s liminal paintings in Staten Island, shows that’ll make you want to stick around a sweltering city.
Guide
15 Art Shows to See in New York City This Summer
From the Bronx-forward work at Wave Hill down to Robert Podavano’s liminal paintings in Staten Island, shows that’ll make you want to stick around a sweltering city.
Interview
Paul Wong Is Queering Chinatown
The artist, curator, and organizer opens up and blurs the boundaries between categories, experimenting with new spaces and methods of moving through the world.
Interview
Carol Ockman Is Proudly Different
The New York- and California-based artist, scholar, and mentor talks how her queerness shaped her expansive thinking and career.