Art
Raoul De Keyser’s Dramas of Looking
Because the waywardness of his paintings is a product of its unspoken logic, his marks and variations are performing precisely the right roles.
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
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
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg’s Fairytales With No Heroes
The pair tell a grand drama of depravity and degradation, sometimes enacted by official powers like Church and State, other times by rogue players.
Art
Prettiness Is Political for Marie Laurencin
The artist has a point: Why is aesthetic pleasure often relegated to the sidelines of art? Why paint rotting fish when you can paint pretty femmes?
Interview
Caspar David Friedrich Captured the Belated Moment
“He brings in that random, specific, accidental character of the world, and then he makes it feel like there’s some kind of order to it,” says Friedrich expert Joseph Leo Koerner.
Art
Etel Adnan Captured the Light of Many Suns
An artist and poet who traversed multiple cultures, Adnan’s creations are alive with both multiplicity and instability.
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.
Art
Judith Bernstein Warns Us: Never Again!
That Bernstein’s political art is still so relevant is chilling, but like the first time around, it remains a source of comfort that we have her to lead us through.
Art
Step Into Sonia Boyce’s Sensory World
Shimmering with color and sound, her exhibition Feeling Her Way at the Art Gallery of Ontario feels both expansive and enveloping.
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.
Art
8 New York City Art Shows to Kick Off the New Year
From the visual pleasures of Mary Sully to the cultural critique of Gary Simmons, to a lesson in Haitian art history, there’s plenty of great art to see right now.