Art
Astrological Aesthetics: May 2017 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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The Hammer Museum Examines the Legacy of the LA Uprising
A series of panels, talks, and screenings — including Spike Lee's latest and the documentary Do Not Resist — marks the 25th anniversary of the uprising that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers who beat Rodney King.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Frieze Week 2017
Spring is upon us, and so is Frieze Week.
News
Bipartisan Bill Would Boost NEA and NEH Budgets by $1.9 Million Each
President Trump is expected to sign the legislation, which gives financial boosts to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities through the end of the current fiscal year.
News
On May Day, Over 200 B&H Photo Workers Launch Strike
More than 200 warehouse employees have gone on strike, accusing the electronics company of union busting, while dozens of people demonstrated outside the Manhattan B&H store this morning.
Art
The Color Palette of Materialism, from Rose Gold iPhones to Millennial Pink Shopping Bags
In her latest exhibition, Sara Cwynar probes our complicated relationship with image-saturated advertising.
Announcement
A Mexico City Marching Band Meets Political History at Americas Society in NY
An exhibition chronicles a collaborative project that took artist Erick Meyenberg and a local high school marching band to politically charged sites throughout Mexico City.
Art
A Retrospective of a Forgotten 1930s Photographer of Famous Faces
The Philbrook Museum is reconstructing the career of modernist photographer Lusha Nelson, whose life was cut short by an untimely death.
Books
Homage to Josef Albers: Writers Pay Tribute to a Pioneer of Abstraction
In Josef Albers: Midnight and Noon, Nicholas Fox Weber, Elaine de Kooning, Colm Tóibín, and more discuss the artist’s seminal Homage to the Square series.
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"I Have Seen My Death": The First X-Ray Photograph
In December of 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen revealed the bones of his wife's hand in the first X-ray photograph.
Art
Required Reading
This week, painters painting themselves as lions, Google's modern day Library of Alexandria, the new Museum of Failure, the CIA and Arab modern art, Chinatowns today, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Accomplice
"Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act."