> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Islamic Futurism Here and Now - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/islamic-futurism-here-and-now/ - Published: 2026-03-18T10:00:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-18T10:00:35.000Z - Description: The future of Islamic art, boycott calls at the Venice Biennale, a guide to New York's spring art fairs, and a different kind of Frida Kahlo exhibition. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Daily Newsletter, Newsletter Just because a handful of cruel goons control world politics and wreak havoc upon entire populations and their civilizations doesn't mean we should lose hope. If you read our stories today, you'll get a healthy reminder that culture is on a path forward, after all. In a nutshell, read about the artists heralding Islamic futurism, NYU contract professors' fight for better working conditions, another right-wing campaign against a Palestinian artist in Germany, a definitive guide to New York's spring art fairs, and a new, different kind of Frida Kahlo exhibition. One thing's for sure: It's not boring out there. *—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/7.-Infinitelight10-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-set-islamic-futurism-into-motion/) Zarah Hussain, “Infinite Light” (2025), outdoor light installation in Bradford (image courtesy David Lindsay and Bradford 2025) ### [Artists Set Islamic Futurism Into Motion](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-set-islamic-futurism-into-motion/) Islamic visual traditions have long made space for realities beyond direct perception, and these artists work in calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making to carry them forward. | Sadaf Padder --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/Paat_Announcement-1.jpeg)](https://hyperallergic.com/meet-the-first-cohort-of-haystacks-artist-grant-initiative/) ****Meet the First Cohort of Haystack’s Artist Grant Initiative** Eight artists pushing boundaries in design and materials find support through mentorship and an unrestricted grant award. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/meet-the-first-cohort-of-haystacks-artist-grant-initiative/) --- ## News [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/ANGA_No-To-The-Genocide-Pavilion_credit-Matteo-de-Mayda-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/nearly-200-venice-biennale-artists-demand-israels-exclusion/) A group of art workers, artists, and activists protested outside the Israeli and US pavilions at the 60th Venice Biennale on April 17, 2024\. (photo Avedis Hadjian/**Hyperallergic*) Nearly 200 artists, curators, and staff participating in the 61st Venice Biennale are calling on the event organizers [to exclude Israel from this year’s program](https://hyperallergic.com/nearly-200-venice-biennale-artists-demand-israels-exclusion/) in a newopen letter. --- ## Fair Season [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/09_RaniaMatar-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/your-go-to-guide-to-nycs-spring-art-fairs/) Rania Matar’s “Rianna (With Mirror)” (2024) (image courtesy the Photography Show organized by AIPAD) ### [Your Go-To Guide to NYC’s Spring Art Fairs](https://hyperallergic.com/your-go-to-guide-to-nycs-spring-art-fairs/) From art-market darlings at Frieze to a show billed “The Art Fair Mamdani Would Love,” there’s something for everyone this season. | Isa Farfan and Rhea Nayyar --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/1-Hofshi_Cade_Tompkins_Projects_Ephemeral-Passage-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/may-you-live-in-interesting-times-the-ifpda-print-fair-asks-do-bad-times-really-inspire-great-art/) ****May You Live in Interesting Times — The IFPDA Print Fair Asks, Do Bad Times Really Inspire Great Art?** This year’s edition brings together over 80 exhibitors presenting works from Francisco Goya to Kara Walker. April 9–12 at Park Avenue Armory. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/may-you-live-in-interesting-times-the-ifpda-print-fair-asks-do-bad-times-really-inspire-great-art/) --- ## From Our Critics [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/25-2-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/the-canonization-of-frida-kahlo/) Mary McCartney, “Being Frida, London” (2000), gicleé print (photo Liz Kim/**Hyperallergic*) ### [The Canonization of Frida Kahlo](https://hyperallergic.com/the-canonization-of-frida-kahlo/) An exhibition blasts apart any crystallized conception of the artist until no easily digestible singular figure emerges. | Liz Kim --- ## Opinion [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/morgenkreis-still-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/when-a-palestinian-artist-asserts-her-own-humanity/) Still from “Morgenkreis” (2025), dir. Basma al-Sharif, duration: 20 minutes (courtesy Basma al-Sharif) ### [When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity](https://hyperallergic.com/when-a-palestinian-artist-asserts-her-own-humanity/) Basma al-Sharif’s screening at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf was met with threats and a smear campaign, proving the point of her films on separation and displacement. | Adam Broomberg and Michele Faguet ### [I’m an NYU Contract Professor. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.](https://hyperallergic.com/im-an-nyu-contract-professor-this-is-why-we-plan-to-strike/) For years, NYU’s administrators have casualized the school’s teaching force, many of them artists, by creating a second tier of full-time contract faculty. | David Markus --- FEATURED OPPORTUNITY ****The Vilcek Foundation – 2026 Open Call for Grants** US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000. Deadline: April 30, 2026 | [vilcek.org/grants](https://vilcek.org/grants/?ref=hyperallergic.com) See more in [this month’s list of opportunities](https://hyperallergic.com/opportunities-march-2026/) for artists, writers, and art workers! --- ## From the Archive [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/03/image-62-1.png)](https://hyperallergic.com/mary-reynolds-friendship-that-transformed-frida-kahlo/) Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (Autorretrato con pelo cortado)” (1940) (Digital Image © 2025 MoMA, N.Y.; © 2025 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York) ### [The Friendship That Transformed Frida Kahlo](https://hyperallergic.com/mary-reynolds-friendship-that-transformed-frida-kahlo/) The cover of a new book draws you in for Kahlo, but you will stay for Mary Reynolds, the innovative bookbinder and partner of Marcel Duchamp. | Nageen Shaikh ---