Art
Christine Sun Kim’s Multidimensional Music
The artist makes the air hum with the previously unperceived dimensions of ordinary things, from the linework of movement to the music in everyday situations.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Art
Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week
From AbEx giant Cy Twombly to explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of prettiness in the portraits of Marie Laurencin, these shows deserve close looking.
Art
The Wobbly Humanity of Cy Twombly
His works are distinctly earthly endeavors, showcasing the human hand in all its striving.
Art
Five NYC Shows to Start Your February
Make sure to check out shows by the Guerrilla Girls and Etel Adnan this week, along with a collection of imagined books and other great exhibitions.
Book Review
An Exhibition of Non-Existent Books
It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order.
Art
7 NYC Shows and a Trove of Online Art to See Right Now
Kamari Carter’s political art, visionary Shaker art, and Esther Mahlangu's colorful geometries, along with many other in-person and online shows will beat your winter blues.
Books
10 Old Art Books to Read in the New Year
This year, we’re rereading a fictional dialogue by Oscar Wilde, bell hooks’s book of art criticism, prose poetry by Etel Adnan, and more titles that won’t make it onto most industry lists.
News
Raquel Rabinovich, Artist of Submerged Worlds, Dies at 95
The Argentinian-born artist crafted riverbed sculptures and palimpsestic canvases, painstakingly layered paintings that have the effect of a well-worn memory rubbed away.
Satire
An Unintellectual Theory of Tastiness in Art History
No Vanitas paintings, no parables, no metaphors — just pigging out.
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.