News
Two 160-Year-Old Books of Classical Poetry Annotated by Herman Melville Sell for Over $106,000
Plus, London's Design Museum got a £3 million reprieve, and architect Junya Ishigami wins one of the world's richest architecture awards.
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Minor Offenders Can Substitute Jail Time With an Art Class at the Brooklyn Museum
The new program allows people arrested for minor offenses, like shoplifting or painting graffiti, to avoid jail time and a court appearance by taking a two-hour course.
News
Colombians Decry Censorship After Government Officials Paint Over Mural About Extrajudicial Killings
Graffiti artists collaborated to represent the military apparatus that executed thousands of poor farmers, youths, and other civilians. But dozens of military officials and police proceeded to cover the mural with white paint.
Art
Romare Bearden's Collages of Life in the Rural South and Industrial North
For the first time in decades, more than 30 collages from Bearden's Profile series is being shown together.
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Art Handlers Rally in Long Island City Ahead of a Union Vote
"The tactics used against us have been brutal, nasty, coercive," said one of the workers employed by UOVO, a high-end art logistics company. "What we're asking for is just the ability to bargain as equals."
Art
An Elegy to Roy DeCarava's Poignant Compositions
A pair of exhibitions at David Zwirner conveys the photographer's skill at perceiving arresting visual juxtapositions, revealing a consciousness that is supple and keenly insightful.
Art
The Grassroots Film Movement Growing in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
"Rocywood" movies — inspired by Hollywood — portray local realities in the favelas, from the joys of growing up in a tight-knit neighborhood to the difficulties of living among violence.
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After Anti-Trans Sermon, True/False Film Fest Divests From Its Church Partner
For 10 years, the Crossing church in Columbia, Missouri, has helped sponsor the country's premier documentary film festival. Now, however, that relationship has ended.
Books
“Why Is Television Dumb?” and Other Musings by Nam June Paik
In the recently published collection We Are in Open Circuits, Paik's prescient critiques of image consumption suggest he probably would’ve been great at Twitter.
Interview
"There's Some Leisure in It, Too": Kevin Jerome Everson on Labor, Art, and Film
A recent recipient of the prestigious Heinz Award, the artist and filmmaker discusses his process and the importance of seeing art-making as another form of labor. Hyperallergic also has an exclusive stream of his short film Ears, Nose and Throat.
Announcement
Northeastern University College of Arts, Media & Design Launches MS in Creative Practice Leadership
This program explores new approaches to leadership in critical creative practice, cultural entrepreneurship, and arts and entertainment.
Art
An Encyclopedia Connects Record Labels to Political Movements Around the World
Graphic designer and activist Josh MacPhee's third edition of Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels unlocks a whole world of political storytelling.