Comics
The Incredible Prescience of Leonardo da Vinci
A newly discovered journal has revealed that Leonardo developed early versions of 21st century trends, from fidget spinners to cat cafés.
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Art
What a Year of Grief Taught Me About Monuments and Memorials
How personal loss, grieving, and memorialization can humanize and illuminate the controversies around monuments.
News
University Museum Plans to Sell Works by Ingres, Degas, and More at Christie’s
La Salle University in Philadelphia has deaccessioned works from its Art Museum collection in hopes of raising $5 million at auction.
Interview
Met Museum President Daniel Weiss Answers Questions About the New Admissions Policy
The President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum spoke to Hyperallergic about the new admissions policy and what it means for visitors.
Art
A Pop-Up Show for Social Justice Organized by Hank Willis Thomas, Michelle Woo, and Others
Into Action is a nine-day long pop-up exhibition that aims to reinforce the connection between art and social justice, activism, and cultural resistance.
Books
Is There a Right Way to Look at Art?
Is looking at a work of art for up to fifteen minutes with no context the best way to appreciate and understand it?
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News
Kynaston McShine, Curator of Primary Structures, Information, and More, Dies [UPDATED]
McShine, the former Curator at Large of the Museum of Modern Art and Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Jewish Museum, died at 82.
Art
Celebrating Outstanding Glass Artists Who Happen to Be Women
Fired Up: Contemporary Glass by Women Artists at the Toledo Museum of Art is an outstanding show, but there is little to convince me that “female glass art” occupies a necessarily separate category than “glass art.”
Community
A View from the Easel
Peek inside artists’ studios in California, Boston, Brooklyn, Louisiana, and Australia.
Art
The American Realness Festival Returns with Diverse Contemporary Performance
The American Realness festival returns for its ninth year, staging 17 performances across the Lower East Side and areas of Brooklyn.
News
New Rules Would Dramatically Limit Books In New York State Prisons
Under a new policy, prisoner access to books, warm clothing, and healthy food (among other things) will be severely restricted.
Announcement
Could You Be the Next Dammeyer Fellow? Apply by April 1
The Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues is a unique collaboration between the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago and Heartland Alliance, a leading global anti-poverty organization.