Crossword
Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: May 2025
Many a Turner painting, makeshift art studios, Saturn devouring his son, and more.
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Feature
A Kashmiri Border Museum Unlocks Memories Interrupted by War
The Unlock Hunderman–Museum of Memories isn’t curated by professional archivists, but by local residents of a village located along the India–Pakistan Line of Control.
Feature
Two Artists Capture Australia’s Ecology in a Bird
In presenting the distinct ecological identity of Australia, Peter Sharp and Michelle Cawthorn are landscape artists who don’t show you the landscape.
News
Protesters Rally Outside Israeli Embassy Party at British Museum
Activists denounced the institution's decision to lend its space for a celebration of Israel's creation on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba.
News
Film Disputes Authorship of Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo
After a documentary questioned its attribution, World Press Photo said today that it would no longer credit former AP photographer Nick Út for the Vietnam War image.
Feature
Looking for Subculture? It’s at LA’s Art Book Fair
The diverse array of printed matter on view points to the role of small publishers in archiving and restoring lesser-told histories, preventing them from being forgotten.
News
Eric Adams Calls for Artists to Design “Chinatown Welcome Gateway”
Critics have questioned the city’s plan to work with art blocks away from the site of a future Manhattan jail.
News
Critic Renounces NYU Degrees After School Punishes Pro-Palestine Student
Aruna D'Souza said the university has given up its intellectual mission by penalizing pro-Palestinian dissent.
Art Review
David Hammons Gets at the Why? of It
His elegantly simple exhibition — just darkness and flashlights — prompts a rethinking of what we consider worthy art.
Feature
When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC’s Underground
With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions.
Community
Required Reading
This week: Joe Sacco on truth and art, the invention of “close reading,” a century of Mrs. Dalloway, Google gets a makeover, the biggest and smallest dogs meet, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“There’s a Rauschenberg piece I like to sit with to reconnect with why I make art at all.”