Books
Literary Luminaries Respond to a Painter's Dark Scenes of Maine
In a new book, fifteen major contemporary authors respond to Linden Frederick's series of nocturnal paintings of small Maine towns.
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Poetry
One Poem by Thomas Dooley
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Thomas Dooley for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Performance
Black Queer Artists Explore the In-Between
At LA's Main Museum, an evening of multimedia performance including hip-hop, poetry, and readings looked at the intersections between queerness and blackness.
Opinion
The Augmented Banality of Jeff Koons Sculptures in Snapchat
The new "Jeff Koons Lens" allows Snapchat users to find augmented reality versions of Koons's shiny sculptures in parks around the world.
Announcement
At VCFA, Reimagine Public Space as a Platform for Social Action
Andres L. Hernandez, workshop faculty in VCFA’s Graduate Studies in Art & Design Education program, practices what he teaches.
Art
Two Days of Activism, Blackness, and Visual Culture with Sondra Perry
The artist has collaborated with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School to organize two days of screenings and panels focused on investigating the intersections of black identities and activism in contemporary visual culture.
Art
Meet Nayland Blake's "Fursona" at the New Museum
The artist will be dressed as their official furry avatar Gnomen, a bear-bison who can change sex and gender.
Art
An Artist's Fraught Portraits with Her Bodybuilder Father
In a series of photographs with her father, Polish artist Aneta Bartos pushes, teases, and challenges our notions of families, bodies, and sexuality.
Satire
Astrological Aesthetics: October 2017 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms.
Performance
Performance Matriarch Vaginal Davis Upends Fixed Notions of Genre and Gender
The punk icon kicked off the New Museum’s performance series last Thursday in conjunction with the just-opened show Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon.
Art
Newspaper Refuses To Give An Artist Credit For Her Work
In a write-up, a paper failed to mention Christine Baeumler's name, then doubled down, insisting that it was an omission, not an error. It's part of a larger pattern of writing women out of their own work.
Art
Art Lands on LA's Balconies, Porches, and Yards at the Terrain Biennial
The Terrain Biennial repurposes liminal domestic spaces such as porches, windows, and yards into public art sites.