Books
A Poet's Exploration of Austerity
Marion Bell explores large ideas—capitalism, queer liberation, radical friendship, and community—in a deeply human and personal way.
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Books
A Tale of Two Memoirs
Immigration accounts by Ayelet Tsabari and Sophia Shalmiyev question how self-identity is understood.
Art
A Disruptor of Race and Sex
In a time when many artists are content to establish one-to-one correspondences between signifier and signified, sign and meaning, Wardell Milan’s ambiguity is refreshing.
Art
Required Reading
This week, cultural heritage" and how it benefits the powerful, the Peter Max mess, Naomi Wolf's "death recorded" mess, the power of nouns, gentrifying Mt. Everest, meme wars, and more.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Zac Thompson the Genderfuck Drag Queen
LGBTQ Pride Month starts now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
Interview
"A Constant Striving for Self-Liberation": Curator Julie Ault on Nancy Spero
At MoMA PS1, Spero’s work is presented with current political and cultural contexts in mind.
Art
Remembering Lawrence Carroll, an American Artist in Europe
I never met anyone more optimistic about art or his place in its history.
Art
Pipilotti Rist Brings Out the Weirdness of Being Human
“I was a wild girl,” Rist has said of herself as a child, and her radiantly colorful videos honor this rebellious spirit.
Art
Visions of Home, from Dream Memories to Trump Country
The disparity between what we expect from domesticity and what lurks beneath the surface generates a finely wrought tension that coils throughout this show.
Podcast
The Los Angeles Art Landscape, Through the Lens of Our Writers
Hyperallergic’s Los Angeles senior editor, Elisa Wouk Almino, chats with three contributors about their versions of the ever-evolving LA art scene.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Philadelphia, Austin, Troy, and New York City.
Announcement
Apply to Create a Public Art Installation for Playland on Rye Beach in New York
Win a $5,000 honorarium to create a temporary site-specific installation at Playland Park. Applications are due by Wednesday, June 12.