Art
Fruits Reborn as Sculpture
At the Scarab Club, Mary Eddy is showing her sculptures made from intricately cut and dried fruit skins, which have been "liberated" from their biological functions.
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Art
The Continuing Saga of the Architect Made into a Diamond
The power games of Jill Magid's project concerning the archives of Luis Barragán continue in an extensive exhibition that completes the circle without any conclusive resolution.
Art
A VR Exhibition Pays Tribute to a Long-Gone Vegas Casino
The Sands, opening on August 12, features works by 15 artists on rotating display in a one-to-one virtual replica of the Lower East Side gallery Essex Flowers.
Interview
A Trans Artist Breaks Down the Walls of Bathroom Stalls
A conversation with the trans artist Emmett Ramstad explores how public bathrooms are contested spaces emblematic of how the United States functions.
Poetry
One Poem by Calvin Walds
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Calvin Walds for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Films from a Favela Destroyed by the Olympics
On August 10 at Klowden Mann, artist Nancy Popp will screen films about Vila Autódromo, which was demolished to make way for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Opinion
How to Destroy a Brutalist Masterpiece Without Demolishing It
The newly renovated Orange County Government Center is a special type of building that makes you want to scream.
Art
A Critical Response to Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
On August 10 at the Swiss Institute, Luke Willis Thompson will screen and discuss his film that questions the lack of people of color in Warhol's famous series.
Art
Times Square Phone Booths Call Up Immigrants' Stories
It has been said that we humans live in our contradictions; these speakers prove that.
News
A Project by JR Sets Sail, Literally
A work by the street artist and photographer will serve as the sail of a 60-foot yacht when it races from France to Brazil in November.
Art
A Blind Artist Looks Back at Growing Up in the '90s
In 2014, Manuel Solano lost his eyesight from an HIV-related infection. His new works treat that experience as the generative event for his art.
Books
Imagine If a Victorian Scientist Studied the Plastic Debris in Our Oceans
Mandy Barker's Beyond Drifting features pollution collected recently on the shores of Ireland, but photographed as if under a 19th-century microscope.