Art
We Are the New Romantics
Just like Caspar David Friedrich and the Romanticists, we live in anxious times and hunger for a touch of the sublime.
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Art
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gift to New York
“The Gates” was an artwork within an artwork, inscribing the populist impulse of Central Park into 7,500+ neon orange armatures with billowing fabric.
Art
Daisy Patton Paints Wedding Photos Back to Life
The artist resurrects moments of celebration in Before These Witnesses, whose subjects look back at us across time and offer themselves to be seen.
Books
10 Art Books for Your March Reading List
Delve into Lucy Lippard’s short fictions, Tamara Lanier’s indelible memoir, The White Pube’s tales of absurdity in the art world, new perspectives on Mucha, and more.
News
Buffalo AKG Art Museum Workers Decry Layoffs of 13 Union Members
“At a time when workers’ rights are under attack nationwide, it is appalling to see AKG take a page from Elon Musk’s playbook,” said union organizer Casey Moore.
News
Chinoiserie Through a Feminist Lens
Met Museum curator Iris Moon dismantles misconceptions of vanity and frivolity within the porcelain craft in the upcoming exhibition Monstrous Beauty.
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic Town Hall: As DEI Slowly Dies, What Comes Next?
At our virtual town hall meeting on March 19, Hyperallergic Members will hear from Lise Ragbir and Ola Mobolade on the tenuous state of DEI in the art world.
Art
Cum Shots Across Art History
In Deborah Kass’s Art History Paintings, the politics of display are just the beginning.
Art
Inside “Pop-Art Nun” Corita Kent’s New LA Home
The Corita Kent Art Center combines the artist’s foundation, an archive and gallery, and educational and community spaces to continue her extension of art into life.
News
Brooklyn Museum Extends Timeline for Widely Criticized Layoffs
Workers now have until March 16 to make their voices heard as the museum awaits news of possible increased funding from the city.
Opinion
JD Vance Memes Bloat the Internet but Miss the Point
If we’re serious about the “resistance,” we’re gonna have to do a little better than early 2000s-caliber fat-shaming.
Art
Required Reading
This week: Anne Carson on handwriting and Cy Twombly, Roberta Flack’s outsized legacy, the downfall of Shein, the “Zillennial” curse, and much more.