News
Lorraine O'Grady, Who Dismantled Art World Binaries, Dies at 90
From her newspaper collages to her performance persona Mademoiselle Bourgeoise Noire, O’Grady subverted hierarchies from a Black feminist perspective.
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Art
Samia Halaby’s Abstractions Map Displacement and Home
The trailblazing artist’s abstract paintings, on view in her first US museum retrospective, are luxurious fields of color and form, each one pulsating with its own energy.
Art
Required Reading
This week: An homage to Romani culture in Manhattan, AI movies in theaters, Syrian activists speak out, remembering Nikki Giovanni, Luigi Mangione fever, and much more.
News
Seattle Art Museum Security Guards End 12-Day Strike
The union reached a tentative contract with the museum, securing a raise in base wages and improved retirement benefits.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Rainy dreary days are good for crocheting and sunny days are good for drawing.”
Art
A Guide to UK Art Spaces Outside London
The road less traveled, from the Folkestone triennial to Hastings Contemporary, Tate St Ives, and a pub in Winksworth.
Opinion
Nativity Scenes Have Never Been Neutral
To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people.
Book Review
How Did the Korean Feminist Movement Influence Art?
A new book spans artists from the 1970s through today around 15 themes, including body art, queer politics, ecofeminism, and the North American diaspora.
Film
Five Video Essays for the Holiday Season
Killer bananas, Grand Theft Auto telephone poles, online gambling, and other ways to fill a little downtime.
Art
Best New York City Art Shows of 2024
Our staff and contributors look back on the city’s year in art, from blockbusters to under-the-radar art heroes and unsung histories.
Interview
Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Censorship of Berlin Show
"I felt disavowed by the museum," the artist said of the Neue Nationalgalerie in an interview published for the first time in English in Hyperallergic.
News
Nikki Giovanni, “Princess of Black Poetry,” Dies at 81
A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works touching on race, gender, and politics.