Art Review
150 Years of American Art Comes to Life
A show at the Art Students League leans on the names of its alumni and the aura of its environs, but that’s enough.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Spirituality, magic, and transformation are recurring themes in some of our favorite exhibitions on view, from Mestre Didi to Renée Stout.
Art Review
Renée Stout’s Bewitching Circuitry
The magic of Stout’s artworks does not feel contingent on a viewer’s comprehension — it feels auratic, as if emitting an electrical current of meaning.
Guide
8 Art Books to Read This Pride Month
Dig into new and upcoming tomes on the long lineage of LGBTQ+ art, from Beauford Delaney’s bond with James Baldwin to iconic lesbian photographer JEB and Alice Austen.
Art Review
The Hunter MFA Show Is One of the Best Shows of the Year
Across painting, sculpture, installation, and video, these five group shows are excellent — no qualifiers about “student work” needed.
Art Review
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From ceramic alligators to Nordic traditions, artists focusing on personal concerns and identity are making some fascinating work.
Art Review
Kenny Nguyen’s Beautiful Refusal
People of color are often called upon to perform their identities, but Nguyen’s lush tapestries largely avoid that trap.
Art
New York Area Shows We Love Right Now
From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.
Art Review
One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Art
An exhibition argues that human production — its surplus and waste — is a rising influential force in contemporary art.
News
Downtown New York Shines at the Independent Art Fair
The invite-only fair includes downtown stalwarts, as well as emerging Tribeca galleries.
News
Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s “Wonder Woman,” Dies at 78
The feminist artist probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media to explore how information is disseminated, transformed, and assimilated.
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.