News
The Refreshingly Diverse Shortlist for the 2017 Turner Prize
All four of this year's nominees for the UK's top art prize have roots outside Britain.
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Art
FDR’s Executive Order Authorizing Japanese-American Incarceration Shown on West Coast for First Time
On the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order that led to the imprisonment of 120,000 Japanese Americans, the document went on display at Los Angeles's Japanese American National Museum.
Art
A Film Festival for the Workers of the World
Running May 5 to 25, the Workers Unite Film Festival features a diverse program of documentaries, fictional features, and shorts, all devoted to labor solidarity.
Books
A Graphic Novel in the Form of a Monster-Obsessed Child’s Notebook
In My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris avoids the strictures of any one genre, following the meandering mind of a 10-year-old obsessed with movie monsters.
Art
Participatory Stool Making, Reclaimed Materials, and More at Collective Design Fair
Opening today, the 2017 edition of the fair features furniture, lighting fixtures, functional design, and photography from almost 30 international exhibitors.
In Brief
Russian Artist Arrives Nude in Glass Box at Met Gala, Gets Arrested
The stunt was the latest in a series of guerrilla performances that Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich began in 2015.
Art
Six Rare Portraits of Jane Austen Go on View
A rare 1869 watercolor of Jane Austen will join five other portraits, including the only portrayal of the novelist known to have been made during her lifetime.
News
Listen to a Rare Recording of an Eyewitness Account of Lincoln’s Assassination
The Huntington Library has made a video highlighting an audio recording of an eyewitness account of that night — likely the only surviving one of its kind.
Books
A New Account of Robert Lowell’s Mania Risks Glorifying It
Clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison's Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire intimately details the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's mental illness and how it shaped his poetic output.
Poetry
One Poem by Benjamin Krusling
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Benjamin Krusling for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Passing Through Portal, an Unpretentious Art Fair in Soho
Now in its second edition, the new fair from nonprofit 4heads feels like a big group show, with the attendant mix in quality.
Art
An Archivist Sets Out to Save the Material History of Video Games
Launched in February by Frank Cifaldi, the Video Game History Foundation is racing to preserve ephemeral gaming material and the physical documentation of video games.