> ## 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. # LACMA Got a Makeover - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/lacma-got-a-makeover/ - Published: 2026-04-17T10:00:59.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-17T10:01:08.000Z - Description: Photos from the revamped LA museum, impressions from MoMA PS1's “Greater New York,” Artnet and Artsy lay off dozens of workers, and a Lebanese artist’s balm for collective wounds. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Daily Newsletter, Newsletter The courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Queens was buzzing during Wednesday night’s opening of *Greater New York*, now in its sixth edition. Our team shares first impressions from the expansive show, which included more than 50 New York City artists at the beginning of their careers. More below, including Matt Stromberg’s visit to the new LACMA building, a profile of Lebanese performance artist Rawya El Chab, a review of Winnie Wong's new book on Canton trade portraitists and the Western obsession with the lone genius artist, and our Required Reading and Art Movement columns with the latest in our field and beyond. As always, thank you for reading. *—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/LACMA-2.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/lacmas-new-building-invites-you-to-chart-your-own-path/) Alexander Calder’s newly restored fountain “Three Quintains (Hello Girls)” (1964) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (photo Matt Stromberg/**Hyperallergic*) ### [LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path](https://hyperallergic.com/lacmas-new-building-invites-you-to-chart-your-own-path/) Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum’s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach. | Matt Stromberg --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/on-the-beach-newsletter.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/the-marsden-hartley-legacy-project-launches-online/) ****The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online** The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet in association with Bates College Museum of Art. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/the-marsden-hartley-legacy-project-launches-online/) --- ## News [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/ADDA-newsletter-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/in-surprising-twist-adaa-art-fair-will-now-benefit-the-whitney-museum/) The ADAA art fair (photo Scott Rudd Productions, courtesy ADAA) In a surprising twist, the ADAA [art fair will now benefit the Whitney Museum](https://hyperallergic.com/in-surprising-twist-adaa-art-fair-will-now-benefit-the-whitney-museum/) after abruptly terminating its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year --- ## From Our Critics [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/image-45.png)](https://hyperallergic.com/moma-ps1s-greater-new-york-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting/) Installation view of **Greater New York 2026* (photo Hrag Vartanian/**Hyperallergic*) ### [MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting](https://hyperallergic.com/moma-ps1s-greater-new-york-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting/) The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner’s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside. | Hrag Vartanian, Lisa Yin Zhang, Rhea Nayyar ### [The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System](https://hyperallergic.com/the-unnameable-artists-of-the-canton-trade-system/) In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making. | Nanase Shirokawa --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/tutto-boetti-newsletter.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/tutto-boetti-1966-1993/) ****Tutto Boetti 1966–1993** **Tutto Boetti 1966–1993* at Magazzino Italian Art offers a multifaceted view of Alighiero Boetti’s artistic research, tracing its development from early experiments in Turin in the 1960s to the large-scale works of his maturity. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/tutto-boetti-1966-1993/) --- ## Performance [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/Untitled-8.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanons-civil-war/) El Chab uses paper cutouts of tanks, boats, and human figures to explain the history of colonialism in Lebanon. (photo Austin Pogrob) ### [Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon’s Civil War](https://hyperallergic.com/rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanons-civil-war/) The latest segment of her performance series “Crossing the Water” chronicles life under military occupation after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | Anna Oakes --- ## Community [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/artsy-artnet.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-dozens-laid-off-at-artnet-and-artsy/) Artsy and Artnet CEO Jeffrey Yin (left) and Chairman Andrew Wolff (right) (photos courtesy Beowolff Capital) ### [Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy](https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-dozens-laid-off-at-artnet-and-artsy/) Also, the Denver Art Museum’s new associate curator of Native Arts, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and Marilyn Minter chats with Monica Lewinsky. ### [Required Reading](https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-780/) This week: Tania Bruguera’s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI’s art heist, Rachel Corrie’s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more. --- ## Member Comment Willa Lewis on Rhea Nayyar's “[Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York](https://hyperallergic.com/rare-wifredo-lam-portrait-lands-in-new-york/)": I was thunderstruck by the fact that \[Wifredo Lam's “Portrait of a Boy”\] was painted in Cuenca, Spain, an ancient city of remarkable geography and architecture. The place is mystical and I was thrilled to think that Lam had been and worked there. And there's no better place for it to land than the Hispanic Society (bless them for keeping "society" in the name, unlike, well, you know). A jewel in upper Manhattan that doesn't get enough press or visitation. --- ## ICYMI [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/facemask-monalisa-daily-newsletter-04142026-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/art-problems-do-i-need-to-go-to-art-fairs/) Thinking of skipping the fairs this year? You’re not alone. (edit Shari Flores/**Hyperallergic*) ### [Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?](https://hyperallergic.com/art-problems-do-i-need-to-go-to-art-fairs/) Are the fairs worth the back pain and steep ticket prices? Paddy Johnson has the answer.