News
Activists Protest Swizz Beatz's Art Fair in the Bronx
Last weekend, the rapper and record producer Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, along with Bacardi — for which he's reportedly the new “global chief of culture” — staged an art fair in the Bronx.
Seph Rodney
Opinion
Why Composers Make Music to Drive Us Insane
That artists have a tendency to be strange is not surprising. However, Erik Satie, who was a groundbreaking composer that lay the foundation for minimalism in 20th-century classical music, really waved his freak flag high.
Art
A Performance Evening of Uninspired Rituals
I first encountered the Silver Spiders in the rain.
Art
New York's Venerable Camera Club Reboots for the 21st Century
Founded in 1884, the Camera Club of New York (CCNY) is one of the oldest arts institutions in the city, and in the past couple of years it is enjoying a kind of revival under a new name, Baxter Street at the CCNY.
Opinion
How to Tell the Difference Between Propaganda and Art
At a round-table discussion at Smack Mellon gallery, convened on July 27 by Hyperallergic and the gallery, the issue of the distinction between propaganda and art was in focus.
Art
Portraits of the Self as Tickets to Paradise
What does it mean to be “in heaven” in our moment in time?
Art
At the Jewish Museum, a Pair of Portraits Prompts Visitors to Think Critically About Collecting
The current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Masterpieces & Curiosities: The Fictional Portrait, does a few remarkable things, perhaps the most remarkable being that it begins to turn the institution inside out, to make not only its collection available to the visitor, but also the policies and proc
Art
Exquisite Films that Make Reality Unearthly
The best word I can use to describe the feeling conveyed by John Akomfrah’s films at Lisson Gallery is fey.
Art
Paintings that Play Out the Rhythms of Sex
Jonathan Lyndon Chase is all about the funk.
Art
A Gateway into the Newark Art Scene
Gateway exists in a starkly commercial concourse that connects several corporations, including the New Jersey television network and Prudential Insurance — connecting all of them to Newark’s Penn Station.
Art
Democracy, Art, and the Frustrations of Populism
Art exhibitions concerned with politics are very much of the moment.
Art
Nowhere to Go in a Desert of Images
In Xaviera Simmon’s CODED exhibition, now on view at The Kitchen, there are a lot of intersections between the human, sexualized (and colored) body, and wide, visually monotonous land- and seascapes.