Giveaways

Win a Trip to San Francisco to See Inflatable at the Exploratorium

We are giving away two free tickets, roundtrip airfare, and hotel for three nights to attend the members-only opening preview on May 25th. Enter below.

Art

Critics and Artists Debate the State of Painting Today

Three Cooper Union alumni and three critics, including Hyperallergic Weekend editor John Yau, "discuss the state and shape of contemporary painting."

News

National Gallery of Canada Plans to Sell a Chagall So It Can Buy a Jacques-Louis David [UPDATED]

The museum wants to prevent the David from leaving Canada — but it may face a bidding war with other Canadian museums.

News

Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Enslaved Women Removed from Central Park

The monument to J. Marion Sims will eventually be installed, along with a display adding historical context, near his grave in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.

Art

The Limits of Art in One of Mexico's Most Violent Cities

The city where I grew up, Culiacán, is home to three generations of drug lords — and a peculiar outdoor garden filled with contemporary art.

News

Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor

The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.

Art

The Bewildering Lexicon of Robert Gober

Is Gober taking stock and summing up his life at his latest exhibition at Matthew Marks? If so, he sure is breaking new ground while at it.

Comics

Cashing In on Your White Privilege Tax Deduction

In honor of Tax Day, we asked a black cartoonist to design his own tax form.

Announcement

SVA's Summer 2018 Continuing Education Courses Begin June 4

From one-day workshops to semester-long courses, take the opportunity to immerse yourself and be inspired.

Art

An Afrofuturist Graphic Novel Revives the Lost Histories of Women-Led Slave Revolts

Erased from history books, the stories and roles of women in slave revolts will now be told in vivid form by Rebecca Hall.

Art

The Japanese-American Painter Who Chronicled Early 20th-Century Life in the US

Chiura Obata's stirring paintings invite us to consider the representation of persecution and distress from the point of view of an immigrant in the early 20th century.

Comics

No Amount of Compliments Can Outweigh the Artist's Self-Doubt

Being congratulated and told your work is "great" just makes it worse!