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This week: Isabella Hammad on Etel Adnan, a mural for Emily Pike, the problem with mainstream film, experimental ASMR, legalizing bodega cats, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“The ability to step back and view the composition from a distance is just as important as being close to the surface.”
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New Penn Station Proposal Channels Trump's Classical Architecture Order
Renderings of a design backed by the National Civic Art Society, whose board includes a far-right Trump ally, show a classical façade lined with Doric columns and a park plaza in place of Madison Square Garden.
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SF Museum Workers Push Back Against Proposals to Slash Staff
The Asian Art Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco may turn to layoffs and reduced operating hours in order to meet the city’s budget reduction plan.
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Protest Painting Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry’s Role in LA Fires
The collaborative artwork made by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, David Solnit, and dozens of volunteers at a rally this week urges lawmakers to hold oil and gas companies accountable.
Interview
Art Spiegelman Is “Learning How to Do This Comics Thing Again”
On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more.
Books
Van Gogh and the Siren Song of Paris
The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life.
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Pratchaya Phinthong’s Visions of Value
The artist’s sculptures and video works, which meditate on money, politics, and power, may help us understand our worldwide far-right upheaval.
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The Gallery That Captured the Spirit of the Black Arts Movement
Founded in 1969 by Nigel Jackson and Patricia Grey, Acts of Art exemplified the spirit of a subversive and consequential period in Black art history.
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New Exhibition Spotlights NYC’s High School Artists
Artists Rising 2025, organized by the Studio Institute, brings together works by dozens of 10th- to 12th-graders from across the boroughs.
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Trump Federal Job Cuts May Threaten Thousands of Artworks
Expected layoffs in the General Services Administration’s fine arts and preservation units will reportedly leave the fate of many public works in limbo.
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Artists and Cultural Workers Protest Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Dozens of artists and academics, including Palestinian-American painter Samia Halaby, condemned the “targeting of immigrant students” in an open letter.