News
NYC Culture Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl Resigns in Surprise Announcement
The once omnipotent commissioner leaves his post after a stormy six-year tenure at the commission. The city provided no specific reason for his abrupt resignation.
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Film
In Scorsese's Latest, Bits of Humor Laced with Poison
An epic three and a half hours, The Irishman is in no hurry to get anywhere. It luxuriates in large and small detours, indulging flashbacks within flashbacks but it's rarely boring.
In Brief
Welcome to Hellvetica, the Only Typeface You Need This Halloween
This new font is designed to keep editors and graphic designers up all night, rocked by terror and unable to sleep.
Art
Happy Doll-o-ween! Museum Displays Its Creepiest Haunted Dolls
The History Center of Olmsted County is embracing the Halloween holiday season with a showcase of nothing but the creepiest dolls from its collection of historical and clearly damned objects.
Announcement
Join Columbia University MFA in Visual Arts for an Information Session and Open Studios
The 2019 Information Session will take place on November 10 at 11 am, and afterward, second-year MFA students open their studios to the public to show their work in progress.
In Brief
$1 Million Inaugural Art Prize Goes to Artist Doris Salcedo
The internationally acclaimed artist is the inaugural recipient of the world's largest art award.
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Twitter Will Ban Political Ads
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets, "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought."
Art
The Renegades Making Feminist Art In the Streets
Despite its countercultural status, street art remains male-dominated. Hyperallergic sought out some femme and nonbinary street artists to hear about their experiences.
Announcement
Mills College Art Museum Presents In Plain Sight and Invites Deep Looking
This exhibition presents new work by Kathryn Andrews, castaneda/reiman, Dario Robleto, and Weston Teruya. On view through December 8, 2019.
Comics
A Black Woman With Tenure
"We filter Black women's voices. They're like mines full of gold. And if your stories ain't perfect? Then your stories ain't told."
In Brief
Chile's Art World Joins Massive Santiago Protests
The Contemporary Art Fair of Chile has been postponed, galleries are temporarily shuttering, and an artist-led organization is crowdfunding for legal and medical aid for protesters.
News
Artist Hito Steyerl Rebukes German Institutions, Acting in Solidarity With Kurdish People
During a performance piece in Berlin, Steyerl demanded state-run art institutions stop showing her work as part of the country's "external cultural diplomacy" until the country changes its policy toward the Turkish invasion of Kurdish areas in northeast Syria.