New York Newsletter
Mayor Mamdani’s Artistic Vision
All you need to know about the New York art world this week.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Community
Art Movements: The US Finally Gets a Venice Biennale Rep
Plus, Zohran Mamdani’s arts committee, Frida Kahlo sets price record (again), John Oliver hawks a Bob Ross, and more in this week’s news.
In Memoriam
Remembering Llyn Foulkes, Dawn Little Sky, and Dorothy Vogel
This week, we honor a quintessential LA artist, one of Disney’s first Native artists, a librarian who moonlighted as a collector, and more.
Guide
Five New York City Art Shows We Love Right Now
Whether your preference is abstraction or history, we’ve got you covered with shows featuring Anish Kapoor and others, as well as historical artifacts.
Art Review
We Are History’s Ghosts
An exhibition on the Lower East Side turns to collective memory and reenactment to cut through today’s political numbness.
Community
Remembering Bill Ivey, Guy Cogeval, and Marilyn A. Zeitlin
This week, we honor artists, museum directors, politicians who championed art, and others.
Guide
Six New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Some of our favorite exhibitions, including those by Kader Attia and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, address intimacy and healing, but we're also enjoying Monet.
Opinion
Will Jeff Bezos Ruin The Met’s Costume Institute?
Sponsored by the billionaire, its upcoming fashion show will “reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body.” Groundbreaking!
Guide
15 Art Books to Gift This Holiday Season
A Ruth Asawa catalog for the disenchanted, artsy almanac for the planners, Prospect Park photo book for the New Yorkers, Vermeer tome for the Golden Age fans, and much more.
Community
Remembering Erik Bulatov, Kazuki Motoyama, and Ken Parker
This week, we honor a pillar of Soviet pop, the man behind Mario, a founder of an art commune, and more.
Art Review
We’re All Pink on the Inside
…Literally. An exhibition about bodily freedom features photos from the inside of a vagina, sculptures based on abortion stories, and more.
Community
Art Movements: Will Anyone Represent the US at the Venice Biennale?
The US continues to bungle the Venice Biennale, a new Studio Museum in Harlem opens, and the Louvre’s security password was, yep, “Louvre.”