Features
What Can History Museums Offer in the Trump Era?
Institutions across the United States are collecting birthday wishes for the nation’s 250th anniversary. They paint a picture of a divided but desperately hopeful country.
Valentina Di Liscia
Guide
Five Art Books for Your July Reading List
A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).
News
After Pressure, City Saves Jobs at Brooklyn Museum
Union members, workers, and local advocates rallied for months to secure funding to prevent further layoffs at the institution.
News
Photos Capture Millions Marching in Epic "No Kings" Protests
Artists and photographers immortalized the moment, countering the normalization of state violence with a clear picture of dissent.
Features
Tamara Lanier on Her Historic Victory Against Harvard University
In the aftermath of the school’s agreement to relinquish the daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors, Lanier spoke to Hyperallergic about her protracted battle for justice and a new home for the photographs.
News
Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement
Tamara Lanier, who sued the school in 2019 over daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors held in its museum, called the outcome “a turning point in American history.”
News
Museums Cautiously Optimistic as Some Federal Grants Reinstated
A judge blocked the Institute of Museum and Library Services from carrying out Trump’s mandate to gut the agency, but the future of funding remains uncertain.
News
Whitney Museum Cancels Performance About Palestinian Mourning
Fellows in the prestigious Independent Study Program have denounced the move and withdrawn artworks in protest.
News
The Next Big Thing Is at Spring Break Art Show
It has a longstanding reputation for being scrappy and DIY, but the latest edition of the New York art fair proves it can also clean up quite nicely.
News
Trump Officials Take Down Memorial to Gun Violence Victims
The display at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, DC, featured portraits of nearly 120 people, including children killed in mass school shootings.
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
Opinion
A Sobering Photograph Captures Detained Migrants’ Cry for Help
The aerial image of 34 men spelling out a distress signal from a Texas detention center stands in defiance of a government that wants to crowd our field of vision.