Books
The Knotty Legacy of Weirdo, R. Crumb's Underground Comix Magazine
A new book chronicles the decade-long run of Weirdo, an oddball magazine founded by the comix world's enfant terrible.
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Film
Werner Herzog Adds to Mikhail Gorbachev's Endlessly Strange Pop Culture Legacy
In the documentary Meeting Gorbachev, Herzog finds nostalgia for a lost past.
News
Week in Review: Artists Protest BP, Hong Kong Institutions Strike to Oppose Extradition Bill
Also, a group of activists occupied El Museo del Barrio during its 50th-anniversary celebration, installations about child immigrant detentions appeared across NYC, and more.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Peter Clough Can Play Magic the Gathering for 13 Hours Straight
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
News
Brooklyn Academy of Music Employees Vote in Favor of Union
BAM administrative workers and cinema staff voted in favor of forming BAM’s seventh union by an 82% margin. "It's heartening to see workers coming together and standing up for themselves," one employee tells Hyperallergic.
News
Phillips Collection Acquires Nabi Paintings and Portfolios, and Tintin Cover Sold for Over $1M
Plus, Aretha Franklin portraits find a new home, and the sales of Leonard Cohen's letters to Marianne, famous works by Dorothea Lange and other photographers, and an Andy Warhol riff on Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."
Interview
An Interview With Jordan Eagles, the Artist Using Blood to Advocate for Queer Rights
Eagles has disseminated WWII propaganda posters printed in the blood of a transgender soldier to protest blood discrimination and Trump's attacks on the LGBTQ community.
Art
The Memes and Art From Hong Kong’s Million Person March Last Sunday
Creative communities in Hong Kong and beyond have made poignant works of art and internet memes in support of the anti-extradition bill protests.
Art
Choosing One's Own Adventure at the Greenpoint Open Studios
The event was rife with artists treading the line between childlike, creepy, abstract, and surrealist art, which catered to my undying penchant for nostalgia.
Interview
Turning Trauma Into Images of Power and Celebration
Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s photographs transform a series of traumatic events into empathetic energy. His new book, Harlem, takes that human connection further.
Film
Exploring a Film Critic's Tastes Through the Movies She Loved — and Hated
On the centennial of Pauline Kael's birth, the Quad Cinema is presenting Losing It at the Movies, a retrospective including both films that received her highest praise and those she viciously tore apart.
In Brief
An Artist Is Suing Mamacha Cafe and the Hole Gallery for Withholding her Fees and Damaging her works
Artist Dan Lam claims in a lawsuit that Mamacha café and its hosting gallery the Hole failed to pay her for works sold in a 2018 exhibition, for damaging others, and failing to return unsold works.