Art
Documentary and Experimental Film by Native American Artists
The Indigenous Now film program brings together performance-based cinematic works by several Native American artists, situated between the documentary and experimental.
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Art
Kitschy Iconography Pulled from the Depths of Pop Culture
Delano Dunn caps off his Project for Empty Space residency with the multi-layered, mixed-media exhibition, Dreams of Fire and Starshine filled with delightfully saccharine, pulpy, images of smashed and smelted pop culture data.
Comics
LA’s Most Marvelous and Absurd Freeway Interchanges
Aerial views of these congested, curvaceous, and multi-tiered structures.
Art
The Revolution Will Not Be Biennalized
The 10th Berlin Biennale proves that Germany has yet to confront its contradictions as a place that is open and welcoming to refugees versus a place of growing anti-immigrant, right-wing populism.
Poetry
Two Poems by Daniel Owen
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Daniel Owen for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Cleveland Mounts Global Triennial But Local Artists Are Largely Overlooked
No one art festival can do everything, but FRONT has made a bold inaugural effort to establish itself as a new art destination.
Art
Awe-Inspiring Portraits of Chicano Men that Resist Typecasting
Harry Gamboa Jr. started this series in 1991, after hearing an announcement on his car radio that warned: “Be on the lookout for a Chicano male. He is dangerous.”
News
Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Writer for Posting a Poem on Social Media
The poem, titled “Resist, my people, resist them,” landed the poet in trouble with Israeli authorities.
Film
A New Biopic About Nico, Warhol’s “It” Girl and Velvet Underground Singer
In a new biopic, Nico, 1988, director Susanna Nicchiarelli documents the tumultuous final years of The Velvet Underground's Nico.
Interview
A New Online Project Rethinks How We Learn About Artists and Archive Their Life and Work
Now working at New York University, Glenn Wharton is responsible for the comprehensive David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base. Joan Jonas is next.
Art
A Mobile Studio and Trilingual Newspaper Draw Disparate Communities Together in Downtown Manhattan
The ArtBuilt Mobile Studio, parked outside the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library, sees art making as an important tool to facilitate difficult conversations.
Opinion
Acknowledging the Intellectual Labor of Curators in a Museum
Thoughts on why curatorial effort isn't always acknowledged by museums and the press.