In Brief
Extreme Flooding in Venice Kills Two People; Biennale Shutters As Safety Precaution
Local authorities called for a state of emergency in the worst floods to hit the lagoon city in more than 50 years.
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In Brief
Extinction Rebellion Sends a Sinking Home Along the River Thames, Warning of Climate Disaster
The work was intended as a public appeal to politicians to make a more stringent and immediate response to regulate the effects of human industry and waste on the environment.
Announcement
Cranbrook Academy of Art Announces Six New Full-Tuition Fellowships
Full tuition support for MFA students in 2D Design, 3D Design, 4D Design, Ceramics, Painting and Sculpture. Applications are due by February 1, 2020.
Opinion
The Leslie-Lohman Museum’s Choice to Drop “Gay and Lesbian” From Its Name Is a Great Loss
When did explicitly naming queerness become a bad thing, preventing people from feeling “welcome” at the museum?
Art
Three Artists Engage with the Layered History of LA’s Grand Central Market
From a soundscape of the changing sounds of the market to a communal lunch, Active Cultures will get you to reflect on this 100-year-old space.
Art
A Museum-Quality Art Collection Is a Surprise Find in This Ski Resort
Rare Georgia O’Keeffe lithographs, Gustave Baumann prints, and Edward Curtis photographs line the halls of the Blake at Taos Ski Valley.
Poetry
Two Poems by Silvina López Medin
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Silvina López Medin for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
News
Guerrilla Girls Target MoMA Trustees With Ties to Jeffrey Epstein in an Ad Takeover
After posting about Leon Black and Glenn Dubin's alleged connections to the sex offender online, Guerrilla Girls partnered with Art in Ad Places to send a message to the museum.
Art
Drawing Attention to a Sinking High-Rise in San Francisco
Postcommodity’s sound piece will play every day in San Francisco until the Millennium Tower is fixed or torn down.
Art
The Old Essex Street Market, at the Edge of Civilization
The installation found inside the Historic Essex Street Market building suggests both a brilliant achievement and a crypt.
Art
The Insidious Carbon Footprint of Travel to Art and Cultural Festivals
With climate change an undeniable threat, will arts festivals have to reassess their reliance on air travel?
News
A Night With Yayoi Kusama's Die-hard, Selfie-taking Fans
Our reporter visited the public opening of Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at David Zwirner to ask fans why they’d waited hours for a 30-second glimpse at one of her world-famous infinity rooms.