Books
A Portrait of an 18th-Century Hermit as Both Man and Myth
Amani Willett's The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer uses photography, archival material, and found objects to retrace the story of an 18th-century hermit.
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News
Dorothea Rockburne Murals in Limbo as the Former AT&T Building Awaits Its Fate
While debate swirls over a redesign of Philip Johnson's postmodern skyscraper, it's unclear what will happen to Rockburne's two site-specific paintings in the building's lobby.
Books
Street-Level Photographs Capture the Citizens and Signage of Postwar NYC
The new book I See a City chronicles the 1940s and '50s street photography of Todd Webb, who documented postwar New York City.
Art
A Sculptor’s Prescient Portrait of Zimbabwean Youth
For Terrence Musekiwa, Zimbabwe's tumultuous state of affairs provided the impetus for his figures, which are collectively named “the youth of today.”
Interview
6 Questions for an Art Historian About Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi"
David Nolta doesn't mince words in his assessment of "Salvator Mundi." "The sale does not necessarily have any more to do with scholarship than the picture has to do with Leonardo," he explains.
Art
Finally, a Joseph Beuys Documentary
A new trailer shared exclusively with Hyperallergic gives a glimpse of Beuys, a new documentary about the legendary conceptual artist.
Art
Reframing Pop Cultural Images of Women Through a Queer and Feminist Lens
A special series at Williamsburg's Spectacle theater screens films by Barbara Hammer, Joan Braderman, and Kayuclia Brooke and Jane Cottis.
Art
A Photographic Conversation About Family, Absence, and What Ifs
In their ongoing collaboration Fade Like a Sigh, photographers Zora J Murff and Rana Young evoke the mysteries of memory and motivation.
Art
In One Artist's Body, the Legacies of Continental Trauma
Carlos Martiel continues his gripping, often devastating explorations of bodies marked by history, culture, and place with a performance at Y Gallery.
History
Four Centuries of Mapping the Subterranean World
Boston Public Library's Leventhal Map Center is exhibiting maps of volcanoes, catacombs, mines, subways, sewage systems, and other underground cartography.
Art
The Growing Necessity for the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Now in its 25th year, the New School-affiliated institution is supporting increasingly essential and timely art.
Comics
The Bad Behavior of Men in Comics
In recent weeks, the behavior of bad men — or the bad behavior of regular men — has begun to be exposed.