Art
A Vision of Mass Media Compromised and Revised
A fan of chance and the lucky find, Robert Heinecken took every possible advantage of living in a media-saturated environment.
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Dan Devine’s Art of Destruction
The beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking sculpture of Dan Devine is formed using a demolished car as a mold.
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Decolonize This Place Holds a Pizza Party in the Whitney Museum
Two Sudanese students, along with an activist greatly involved in curtailing the gentrification of Brooklyn, offered impassioned teach-ins on their causes at the potluck.
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Artist Nick Cave Talks About Surrendering to the Sacred
Hyperallergic spoke with Cave about what it means to surrender to the sacred, and how a queer perspective brings liberation and a way of seeing and being in an at-times seemingly disconnected world.
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Hyperallergic's Favorite Items from the LA Art Book Fair
A team of Hyperallergic contributors scoured the fair’s vast and truly delightful offerings and picked some of their favorite items to share with you.
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The $200,000 Worth of Trump Paraphernalia Andres Serrano Bought for an Exhibition
Our critic picks the best (and by extension, worst) objects from the "Piss Christ" artist's collection of more than 1,000 items marketed, branded, or autographed by Donald Trump.
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American Museum of Natural History “Deeply Concerned” Gala In Its Hall Will Honor Brazil’s Far-Right President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be honored at the annual “Person of the Year Awards” by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
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From Vinyl to Board Games, Special Exhibitors at the LA Art Book Fair Offer Fun Alternatives
For attendees looking for a diversion, five special exhibitor projects carve out unique spaces for play and commerce.
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The Viral Photograph that Has Come to Symbolize Sudan’s Uprising
The triumphant image of Alaa Salah, an engineering and architecture student, has "embodied the spirit of the opposition" led by Sudanese women.
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Delving Into the Story of a Black Woman Waiting for a Bus in Postwar Los Angeles
Like the canvas itself, which has been hidden away for years in a private collection, the painted woman in Elsie Palmer Payne's "Bus Stop" is ready to be studied and re-evaluated.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Austria, Florida, New York, and South Africa.
Art
The Latin American History of Pop Art
Featuring works from artists in Latin America and its diasporas, Pop América intervenes in long-held conceptions of Pop Art’s geographic consolidations in the US and UK.