Art
Paul Chan and His Mom Crochet Criminals Together
The pair work in tandem across coasts to craft hilarious yet moving portraits of criminals including Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes, and Anna Delvey.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Art
Despite the Threat of Developers, the Ridgewood Art Scene Thrives
As seen at Ridgewood Open Studios, a wide array of art, galleries, and studio spaces nestle in the crevices of this Queens neighborhood.
Art
There Is No Such Thing as “High” or “Low” at the NYU MFA Show
You can see these young makers exploring techniques, probing theory, trying things out — a refreshing feeling in a city of slick art in white cubes.
News
Dinh Q. Lê, Who Tended the Wounds of Post-War Vietnam, Dies at 56
The artist wove together the irresolvable themes of identity, changeability, and memory both personal and historical.
Art
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Returns With Its Eclectic Clamor
Blue jeans patents, suffragette cookbooks, noise-making 19th-century children’s books, and so much more.
Satire
OceanGate Launches Artist Residency in the Hull of the Titanic
The company whose submersible infamously imploded last June will ferry artists 13,000 feet below sea level in a newly built vessel called Titan II.
Satire
You Can Now Date the AI Versions of Dead Artists
Hyperallergic swiped through the Beta version of ArtAI, encountering the likes of Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Vincent Van Gogh.
News
Traverse Miles and Millennia From Home at Asia Week New York
As Princeton University Art Museum curator Zoe S. Kwok explains, the week ranks as “the most important annual event in Asian art outside of Asia.”
Art
An Expansive View of Asian Identity at the Asia Society Triennial
Though it occasionally stumbles, the first iteration of We Do Not Dream Alone signals a promising commitment to prolonged investment in art from the Asian diaspora in New York.
Art
The Raucous and Frenetic Energy of Nam June Paik
As a recent retrospective at Tate Modern demonstrates, even fitted with decades-old circuitry, Nam June Paik’s work still pulses with energy, breakneck and experimental.