News
LGBTQ Refugee Rights Group Steals Artwork from Documenta in Athens
In an act of protest against the German quinquennial, the group Lgbtqi+ Refugees in Greece has rock-napped Roger Bernat's sculptural replica of an ancient monolith.
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Announcement
Brooklyn College Presents Commencement, the 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition
The exhibition will be on view from June 7 to 17 at Smack Mellon, with an opening reception on Saturday, June 10, 6–9pm.
News
Study Claims 80.5% of Artists Represented by NYC’s Top 45 Galleries Are White
How diverse are the artists shown at New York's art galleries? Well …
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Controversial Sculpture in Minneapolis Will Be Dismantled and Ceremonially Burned
After protests from the local Dakota nation, Sam Durant’s "Scaffold" will be taken apart starting tomorrow.
Art
From Aura Photos to Automatic Writing, an Artist Plumbs the Abyss Between Belief and Disbelief
Susan Hiller’s exhibition at Lisson Gallery approaches the weird and the unusual with illuminating, liberating aplomb.
Art
Alice Guy-Blaché, the First Woman Filmmaker
Alice Guy-Blaché is recognized as the first woman filmmaker, going back to an 1896 silent short, but her career remains unsung in the history of cinema.
Comics
High-School Superlatives for Famous Artists
What some of our favorite artists might have been remembered for, when they were young.
Opinion
A Boyle Heights Alliance Challenges Charles Gaines and Other Artists for Ignoring Local Voices
This open letter was sent to Hyperallergic by Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement, in response to an article by Charles Gaines, earlier this month.
In Brief
Two Nooses Discovered at Smithsonian Museums This Week
"Today's incident is a painful reminder of the challenges that African Americans continue to face," said NMAAHC Founding Director Lonnie Bunch.
Books
Photographs of North America’s East Coast Capture Its Fragile Ecosystems
Photographer David Freese journeyed along the continent's eastern shoreline, documenting it in the face of climate change.
Art
Join Flux Factory’s Playful and Participatory Art Parade
The Flux-a-Thon is a combination walkathon, competition, party, and fundraiser for the Queens arts nonprofit.
Art
The Idiosyncratic Oeuvre of a 1970s Nut Artist
A retrospective of Roy De Forest, who described what he and his colleagues at UC Davis were making in the 1960s as "Nut Art," is fun, innovative, and ambitious.