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.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
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.”
Features
The Best Memes From the New York City Mayoral Election
Hot mayor representation, Shakira law, and unemployed Andrew Cuomo — all you could want, and more.
Community
Remembering Jackie Ferrara, Alison Knowles, and John Adams Griefen
This week, we honor a sculptor who lived and died on her own terms, a Fluxus pioneer, a color field painter, and more.
News
Alison Knowles, the First Woman of Fluxus, Dies at 92
“People don’t touch art,” she once said. “That’s one of the problems.”
Community
The Best Costumes From Hyperallergic’s Halloween Party
The Louvre jewel thieves, Zohran Mamdani, and Bob Ross walk into a bar.
Community
Remembering Carla Stellweg, Frank Wimberley, and Ed Kerns
This week, we honor a visionary of Latin American art, an experimental abstractionist, an educator with a scientific streak, and others.
Community
Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick, Gilles Larrain, and Gabriel Ramírez Aznar
This week, we honor a Chicago stalwart, a photographer of drag culture, a Yucatán painter, and others.
Guide
Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
The city abounds with great group exhibitions at the moment, but don’t miss impressive solo showcases of Ruth Asawa and others.
Art Review
Nayland Blake’s Dark Joke Is On You
The artist has perfected a register that is laugh-out-loud funny or absurd, rigorously conceptual, and erotic, edged with simmering rage.