News
Scorched Museum of Chinese in America Archives Building Will Be Rebuilt
The announcement quelled concerns by community members that the city had neglected its pledge to help recover the museum’s damaged archives.
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History
Unearthing Canada’s Impressionist Legacy
Canada and Impressionism closes an art-historical gap on the Canadian artists who made the journey to France — most of whom are little known or studied — and explores what happened when they went back home.
Books
Barry Schwabsky Values the Viewer in His New Book of Essays
In The Observer Effect: On Contemporary Painting, Schwabsky’s readable and often chirpy essays philosophically examine what painting is and can become through an observer’s encounter.
Art
The Coptic Museum, One of Toronto’s Best Kept Secrets
Nestled on the second floor of a Coptic Orthodox church, the museum’s small but mighty roots in its community have made waves despite its modest reputation.
Art
How a Team of Curators Is Reorienting Western Expectations Around Chinese Art and Identity
For the Allure of Matter exhibition the curators propose "Material Art" as a useful, retroactive designation of art that has existed in China since the 1980s and continues today.
Film
A Portrait of Imelda Marcos, the Notorious Wife of a Filipino Dictator
Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield talks to Hyperallergic about her documentary The Kingmaker.
Books
A Kuwaiti Artist Photographs Women in the Intimate Sanctuary of Their Bedrooms
With her latest photography book, Maha Alasaker offers an authentic glimpse into the daily lives of Kuwaiti women, untainted by orientalist prejudice.
News
Week In Review: Thousands of Artists Endorse Bernie Sanders; Physical Abuse Allegations Emerge at Philadelphia Museum
Also, conservative donor Rebekah Mercer leaves the board of the American Museum of Natural History, Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite prompts housing reform in South Korea, and more.
News
An "Atlas of Hate" Maps Poland's Anti-LGBTQ Governments
The map responds to the more than 80 Polish municipal and local governments that announced themselves as “free from LGBT ideology.”
In Brief
Norway Will Demolish Building Famous for Its Picasso Murals
While the government promises to preserve the Picasso murals to be utilized in a new building, preservationists are unmoved.
Opinion
Bloomberg's Flailing Campaign Designs "Not a Socialist" Hats for Cap-italist Voters
Priced at $17.76, the pre-sale has already sold out.
Art
An Artist Paints Love and Life in Maputo, Mozambique
Drawn from archival photographs, memories, and imagination, Cassi Namoda's family portraits emanate warmth and comfort.