Art
Pratt's MFA Students Plumb the Meaning of Belonging
A tiny room with painted tile flooring, intricate self-portraits, and textiles made of plastic waste were among the most beguiling works in the first half of the MFA thesis exhibition.
Rhea Nayyar
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York City-based staff reporter at Hyperallergic. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has a passion for small-scale artworks, elevating minority perspectives, and dogspotting at art world events.
Film
MTV's The Exhibit Is All That's Wrong With the Art World
The sixth episode and season finale ultimately leaned into the very issues the reality show was ostensibly trying to address.
News
The Unsettling Story Behind a Surrealist Painting Headed to Auction
"Composition Surréaliste,” painted by Remedios Varo with possible contributions from her lovers, centers love, lust, violence, and sexual autonomy.
News
Belgian Collector Sues Son Over Fatal Shooting of His Wife
Arts Patron Myriam Ullens was shot outside her home in Belgium by her stepson, Nicolas Ullens, who cited an ongoing dispute over the family’s inheritance structure.
News
Museum to Exhibit Its Impressive Collection of … Fakes?
Art and Artifice at the Courtauld Gallery in London will include 30 artworks once mistaken as originals by Sandro Botticelli, Auguste Rodin, and others
Art
Chitra Ganesh's Coloring Book Resists Queer Erasure
Queer Power! A Time Travelling Coloring Book honors LGBTQI+ activists and cultural icons.
News
Kwame Brathwaite, “Black Is Beautiful” Photographer, Dies at 85
Throughout his six-decade career, Brathwaite harnessed the power of photography to recalibrate the public understanding of Blackness.
News
Climate Activists Dye Famous Roman Fountain Water Black
Activists said fountains are symbolic "of the refreshment offered by the water and, on the other, of the danger it can represent."
Satire
Newly Discovered Trove of Vermeer Works Reveals He Painted Mainly Dogs
A cache of 243 paintings found in an English castle, all depicting canine subjects, suggests Vermeer’s true aspiration was to become a dog portraitist.
Satire
Vatican Partners With Balenciaga on “Spiritual” Menswear Line
A spokesperson for the church cited “shared values” with the fashion brand.
Film
MTV’s The Exhibit Is Finally Spicing Up
In the penultimate episode, the show's editors managed to ignite the spark of mindless reality TV.
Art
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Placed on Russian “Wanted” List
Tolokonnikova has long been a thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin's regime.