Interview
Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom
Scott's project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.
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In Brief
The Last Missing Section of a Magritte Painting Has Been Found
The final piece of the work was found beneath the surface of another painting, after the artist had cut up and recycled the original canvas.
Film
Water as a Cinematic Metaphor for the Tides of Time
In Kambui Olujimi’s short film Where Does the Time Go..., water is an apt analogy for the concept of time.
News
US Decides Guantánamo Prisoners Do Not Own the Art They Create
Critics say the change in policy further dehumanizes prisoners, who have been at the center of international controversy since the Guantánamo facility was opened.
Books
Portraits from One of the Last Traveling Sideshows in the United States
For Tickets, photographer Hunter Barnes went on the road with the World of Wonders, one of the last traveling sideshows in the United States.
Art
In Vietnam, an Exhibition Reveals How Friendship Nourishes Artists
In Vietnam, networks of artist friends have built thriving communities of discourse and collaboration outside official structures.
Performance
An Ethereal Performance Unravels Like a Pop-Up Book on Stage
In A Billion Nights on Earth, a father and son go in search of a stuffed animal, traveling through multiple parallel worlds that are magically portrayed on stage.
Art
LA's Queer Chicano Artist Networks, from the 1960s to the '90s
Axis Mundo at the MOCA Pacific Design Center explores how queer Chicano/a artists created a world in Los Angeles from the late 1960s to the early '90s that has been largely unknown.
Art
We’re Real! Join Us for Hyperallergic IRL at Housing Works on November 28
On November 28, catch a rare glimpse of Hyperallergic's writers, editors, and contributors stepping away from their computer screens and onto the stage at the Housing Works Bookstore.
Art
The Vivacious Presence of Parrots in Dutch Golden Age Painting
An art historian, and African Grey owner, delved into the avian symbolism in Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting at the National Gallery of Art.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: "Salvator Mundi" became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, the final missing piece of Magritte's "The Enchanted Pose" was discovered, and Walmart removed posters from its wall art collection after the images were identified as photographs documenting the detention o
Announcement
Louis K. Meisel Gallery Presents Robert Gniewek’s A Preview to Havana
The exhibition will include two paintings from the Photorealist's new body of work based on his recent trip to Cuba.