News
Tehran Gallerist Couple Sentenced to 27 and 16 Years in Prison
Karan Vafadari and Afarin Nayssari were sentenced earlier this month, though what crimes they had been charged with remain unknown.
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Performance
Oral Histories of Three US Families Facing Poverty and Hunger
Pang! is a play that takes the form of live radio, asking the audience to fill in the gap between what they see and hear.
In Brief
San Jose Votes to Relocate Christopher Columbus Statue Installed at City Hall
On Tuesday night, San Jose's City Council voted to relocate a statue of the Italian colonizer that has been standing in City Hall for years.
Art
Artists Learn About Appropriation, Fair Use, Copyright, and Copy-Wrong
The blurry legal territory distinguishing copyright infringement from fair use, and appropriation from plagiarism, will be explored on Friday at SOHO20 Gallery.
News
Airline Turns Away Artist and Her Emotional Support Peacock
On Sunday, the photographer and performance artist Ventiko attempted to bring her peacock on a flight to Los Angeles. The airline said no.
Art
Reflections on Belonging and Exile in the Stories of 14 Resettled Refugees
The focal point of José Carlos Teixeira's exhibition On Exile is a film documenting the stories of refugees living in Cleveland.
Poetry
11 Poems by Amanda Nadelberg
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected 11 poems by Amanda Nadelberg for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
How Digital Art Reaches Parts of Cuba that Lack Internet Access
Since 2015, the artist Nestor Siré has been curating a selection of contemporary art in El Paquete Semenal, a one-terabyte collection of files transmitted person-to-person throughout Cuba every week.
Art
Agnès Varda's Golden State Documentaries, from the Black Panthers to LA Muralists
Two films by Varda, made in California 12 years apart, are screening this Friday at the Anthology Film Archives.
In Brief
Cleveland's Major League Baseball Team Will Retire Racist "Chief Wahoo" Logo
Though it will still appear on some merchandise sold in northeast Ohio and the Arizona city where the team holds its spring training.
Art
A Performance Troupe Sets an Ancient Greek Play in 1970s California
The Chicano performance troupe Culture Clash is staging a play at the Getty Villa that is loosely based on Aristophanes's The Frogs.
Books
The Enterprising Illusionists of 19th-Century Spirit Photography
What does the continuing popularity of books about 1850s spiritualism and ghost photography say about us today?