Art
A Project Salvages and Installs No-Cost Payphones to Revive a Fading Technology
Karl Anderson founded Futel to salvage no-pay phones, that enable callers to make free outgoing calls or to interact with operators and record messages.
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Hart Island Cemetery Will Be Reincarnated as a Public Space
Historically, the island — the world’s largest tax-funded cemetery — has operated under the purview of the Department of Corrections, which pays Rikers Island inmates $1 an hour to handle the area’s many bodies.
Art
The Story of Charles Ethan Porter, an African American Still-Life Painter
Porter’s struggle, and the ensuing invisibility of his work, are as much a part of his story as his masterful paintings that dignify humble everyday objects.
Film
The Exuberant, Meditative New Little Women
The latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, uncovers new textures for its iconic characters.
Interview
Deconstructing Colonial Cinema with Ethnographic Fiction
Experimental filmmaker Laura Huertas Millán talks to Hyperallergic about challenging the standard modes of exoticism, ethnography, and anthropology.
Books
The Restless Mind of Giorgio de Chirico
The symbolism that runs through much of de Chirico’s visual art is also apparent in his poetry.
Art
Celebrating the Hispano Folk Music Traditions of New Mexico
In their Hispanic Heritage Wing, Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art tells multilayered stories of music and performance in northern New Mexico.
Podcast
Hyperallergic Picks Their Favorite Holiday Movie Classics
Film editor Dan Schindel joins Editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian to discuss why we love holiday films, and other Hyperallergic staff share their faves.
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Hyperallergic
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays, and may you have time with loved ones to celebrate a zany year.
Art
Kent Monkman Introduces Candid Indigenous Narratives to the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall
In a new major commission for the Met, Monkman renders the past injustices and contemporary challenges endured by Indigenous people in the style of academic history painting.
Art
Three Holiday Art Events in Los Angeles
For art lovers in LA, we have some solid suggestions to end or start your year off right.
Art
Visions of Home that Are Gut-Wrenching, Contemplative, and Funny
In Homelands, artists variously characterize home as “a transient dwelling,” “an ongoing process,” and “other people.”