Comics
A Self-Proclaimed “Nonsense Parade” Marches On
At the Doo Dah Parade, you can walk as whatever you want — no cause necessary — as long as you’re okay with tortillas being slung at you from all directions.
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Art
An Ambitious Survey of Modern Artist Couples
The Barbican Gallery's Modern Couples exhibition questions the notion of "solo male genius," exploring unconventional iterations of love and how romance pervades art.
Poetry
One Poem by Sreshtha Sen
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Sreshtha Sen for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Arlene Shechet Smuggles Politics into Madison Square Park
The tireless artist, on the vanguard of experimental sculpture, has decided that the Trump Era requires public art to be political.
Books
Franklin Furnace's Pioneering Performances Are Now Archived Online
By championing work in two perennially overlooked forms, artists books and performance art, often by artists who themselves are overlooked, Franklin Furnace’s archive is a repository of what doesn’t easily fit.
News
President of France Will Recommend Full Restitution of Looted African Works
The proposed guidelines would bristle the French art world, but they could also endear the French president to the African countries he's trying to build stronger economic partnerships with.
Art
A Reconsideration of Power Structures in the Art Community
Anuradha Vikram, head curator at 18th Street Arts Center, talks about how the "lack of professional standards can undermine important cultural and social justice work."
Art
A Database of Campaign Logos Is a Window into Our Politics
The intersection between design and political power, as far as these candidates go, is difficult to discern.
News
Turkey Cracks Down on Cultural Workers and Academics Tied to Detained Philanthropist
As Osman Kavala, an acclaimed Turkish cultural philanthropist, enters his second year imprisoned in solitary confinement without charge, the arrests of 20 of his affiliates expose the double-standards of Turkey’s treatment of its own dissidents following the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashog
Interview
Hopes Run High as New Senior Curator Lands at Detroit's MOCAD
Larry Ossei-Mensah discusses his curatorial approach and what he will bring to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Art
An Artist-Led Tour of Jennifer Wynne Reeves’s Deeply Personal Drawings
As part of the Drawing Center’s The Artist's Eye series, Essenhigh, along with artist and critic Matthew Weinstein, will take visitors through Reeves's exhibition next Tuesday.
Books
The Japanese Prints that Inspired Vincent van Gogh
A new book documents the extent to which the famed Dutch artist looked to his collection of some 660 Japanese works for inspiration.