Art
Hilton Als Curates Alice Neel's Portraits of Life in Upper Manhattan
The exhibition at David Zwirner gallery features five decades' worth of Neel's paintings and drawings of people of color.
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In Brief
Turkish Publisher Shuts Down Magazine for Printing Moses Cartoon
After the office of President Erdoğan condemned the cartoon, the publisher of Gırgır closed the magazine and threatened to file criminal complaints against staffers.
Art
Portraits of Artists and Writers Who Vanished From Public View
References to artists and writers that were once prolific members of public life but later chose to vanish from public view are planted throughout Claire Tabouret's show.
Art
Tripping Through an Artist’s Fabrications, from a Faux Art Movement to a Looney Tunes World
Matt Freedman is at heart a storyteller, working for years as a writer and cartoonist. Stringing together obtuse veins of thought, he fabricates alternate realities and histories.
Books
A Comic Whose Characters Swim in Apathy and Cynicism
A comic written by Pete Toms is peopled with bleak characters in a state of resigned existential crisis.
In Brief
US Congressman Sues Architect of the Capitol for Removing Student's Painting
Representative William Lacy Clay claims the removal of a painting by one of his constituents was an act of censorship that violates the 1st Amendment.
Art
Thickly Layered Paintings that Glow with Their Own Light
If painting maps the mind, then Steve DiBenedetto must be a very interesting guy to hang out with.
News
Boyle Heights Art Space Closes, Blaming Anti-Gentrification Activists
After months of protests, a Boyle Heights art nonprofit has decided to leave the contested neighborhood that activists say is being gentrified with the help of the art community.
Art
A Luminous Look at Turner's Port Paintings
An exhibition at the Frick Collection unites for the first time three of J.M.W. Turner's 1820s port paintings, created in an age of newly open borders in Europe.
Poetry
Two Poems by Alan Felsenthal
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Alan Felsenthal for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
News
Detroit Will Close Massive Arts Complex, Evicting Over 100 Tenants
The city is shutting down the Russell Industrial Center, a decades-old mainstay of the Detroit art scene, due to violations of local ordinances and safety and building codes.
Art
Proposing Painting as a Form of Refusal
Blake Rayne’s first midcareer survey is full of linguistic disruptions and quiet repetitions, bringing to mind Bartleby the scrivener’s disarming resistance.