Poetry
One Poem by Chia-Lun Chang
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Chia-Lun Chang for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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118-Year-Old Painting of a Dead Bird Discovered in a Hut in Antarctica
For over a century, a small watercolor of a bird was forgotten in an Antarctic hut under penguin poop and moldy paper.
News
With 7.5 Million Visitors, National Museum of China Beat Louvre as 2016's Most Popular Museum
Almost 108 million people visited museums around the world last year, according to a new report.
Art
Peruse a Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair Like It’s Your Private Library
The annual Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair returns June 16 to June 18 with artworks, photo projects, and self-published writing that have yet to be widely distributed.
In Brief
Animal Rights Activists Baaaash Artist’s Studio Over Indigo-Dyed Sheep at Documenta
For his project, artist Aboubakar Fofana dyed the coats of 54 sheep with indigo and brought them from Mali to the Greek capital.
Art
A Rare Deposition from the Salem Witch Trials Goes to Auction
Christie's is auctioning a rare 1692 deposition from the Salem witch trials that helped sentence an elderly widow to death.
Announcement
Guyanese Artists Launch Exhibit on Immigration at Landmark Firehouse in East Harlem
Opening June 17, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s Liminal Space offers a glimpse of the tensions immigrants face in being tethered to multiple places at once.
Performance
A Performance Celebrating Female Defiance Goes Off Course
Jessica Mitrani's performance "Traveling Lady" takes Nellie Bly's 72-day journey around the globe as its departure point, but the result is less than inspiring.
Art
Miniature Universes Constructed from Archaeological Fragments
In his current exhibition TERRAoptics at Sepia Gallery, Vivan Sundaram has created tableaux with ceramic pottery shards from an archeological dig at Pattanam, in the Indian state of Kerala.
Art
Figures Formed from the Primal Energies of Paint
Janice Nowinski's paintings, currently on view at John Davis Gallery in Hudson, possess a kind of brute grace.
Art
In Downtown LA, a Dance Set to the World War Two-Era “Quartet for the End of Time”
On June 16 and 17, Susan Silton is restaging the quartet Olivier Messiaen wrote while imprisoned in a camp, accompanied by a minimal score choreographed by Flora Wiegmann.
In Brief
Is the British Queen’s Speech Delayed Because It’s Being Written on Goatskin Parchment?
The wait for the ink to dry links to a greater debate about how the UK creates its documents.