Art
What Good Is Eco-Art Without Community?
The question asked by some working-class communities in New York City regarding environmental art projects is, “Okay, but what about the people?”
Natalie Haddad
Natalie Haddad is Reviews Editor at Hyperallergic and an art writer and historian. She holds a PhD in Art History, Theory and Criticism from the University of California San Diego and has written extensively on modern and contemporary art.
Art
Artists Get Inside the “Glitch”
The glitch, perhaps, is that we thought technology, the earth, and the spirit were all separate things when really they all glide together.
Art
The Dark and Moody Humor of Judith Bernstein’s Paintings
Bernstein’s latest works are beset with a deathlike quality rarely seen in her earlier pieces, even ones that directly addressed death in war or genocide.
Art
A Gallery’s Safe Harbor From Anti-Blackness
With Come Home with Me, Gallery 2602 is actualizing the desire many of us have to share art with one another in a place where we can breathe fully.
Art
Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
Time passing has never been a subject Jim Dine has avoided; he has long made art about getting old.
Art
Can Geometric Abstraction Stay Fresh?
What singles out artist Don Voisine is his ability to remain a restless painter, capable of surprising his most ardent fans.
Books
A Poet's “Almost Obscene” Devotion to Beauty
The poems of Raúl Gómez Jattin — by turns agile, charming, intimate, and dark — have long been pushed out of sight.
Art
The Power of Community at UCLA's Graduate Open Studios
UCLA's MFA students come across as decidedly extroverted in their interests, looking out into their communities for inspiration, rather than solely within.
Art
Rina Banerjee Confronts the Orientalizing Gaze
Recurring throughout Banerjee’s work and in her latest exhibition are the threads of power, cultural reproduction, and imperial afterlives.
Art
Computer Art With a Human Touch
An exhibition of early computer art shows that artists working with early-stage technologies make their best work by combining old and new techniques.
Art
Listening to the Wisdom of Chinese Animal Idioms
Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.
Film
A Film to Watch With Closed Eyes
Director Sam Green wants viewers to fully engage their ears in a sonic journey of 32 soundscapes.