Art

After 15 Years, LA's Machine Project Closes with a Farewell Event

The contemporary art space announced last week that it will soon be closing, but not before throwing a farewell party and print sale this Saturday.

Art

Gauguin's Decorative and Graphic Art, Beyond His Paintings of Paradise

Paul Gauguin's decorative works, sculpture, wood carvings, and graphic artworks highlight his stimulating color harmonies and rich compositions, even as some of the subject matter sits uncomfortably with today's standards.

Announcement

‘Work of Art’ is a Free, Practical, Artist-created Professional Skills Curriculum

Created by the artist-led staff at Springboard for the Arts, the free workbook came out of practical responses to artists’ experiences and needs.

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.

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?

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.