News
Projections Light Up Cities Worldwide Urging Community Care and Social Distancing
From Guadalajara to Portland, the “proyectorazos” lit up cities with messages for World Health Day.
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Opinion
In Memoriam of the Art World’s Romance With Diversity
A post-coronavirus art world that downsizes and shrinks can not be at the cost of artists and creatives of color.
News
Virtually Tour World Heritage Sites
April 18 marks World Heritage Day. Visit UNESCO World Heritage sites like the Taj Mahal Stonehenge through Google Earth.
Film
A Poignant Ode to Public Housing
Screening as part of Images Festival, Ayo Akingbade’s trilogy No News Today offers an incisive glimpse at the British Nigerian filmmaker’s hometown.
Film
Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Santa Fe, Santa Barbara, New York City, Ottawa, and Los Angeles.
News
Week in Review: Seattle Art Workers Picket After Layoffs; Nonprofits Report Devastating Losses
Also, Bonhams London is hosting a not-for-profit online sale to benefit the National Health Service (NHS) Charities COVID-19 Urgent Appeal, and more.
News
Museum Directors Association Lifts Penalties on Museum Spending During Pandemic
The new resolutions do not grant institutions permission to access restricted funding sources, but museums who choose to do so will not be penalized by AAMD.
Opinion
Why the 2020 US Census Matters for the Arts
Deborah Cullinan, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, discusses the importance of the 2020 census in the creative field and the center’s efforts to promote it through the arts.
Podcast
What's Up With Museum Layoffs, Union Problems, and Untouchable Endowments?
As news of layoffs and furloughs continue, the Hyperallergic team takes a look at the issues of concern at museums and elsewhere.
Books
An Architect’s Tribute to the Power of Design and Memory
At a time when many of us are more housebound than usual, Robert Hutchison’s Memory Houses offers tools for the conceptual construction of spaces to hold grief or build new mental architecture.
In Brief
How Is Banksy Spending Quarantine? By Turning His Bathroom Into a Work of Art
Stuck at home, Banksy has painted his bathroom with his signature cheeky rats, toppling products and ruining his toilet.