Art
Dark Matter as a Metaphor for Arts Activism
Activists are like hidden forces operating in the dark, their effects unfolding behind the scenes.
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Two White House Petitions to Save the NEA and NEH Aren't Registering Signatures
One petition shows only 44 signatures, the other 734. Based on social media sharing, neither seems to be accurate.
Announcement
Virginia MOCA's Winter/Spring 2017 Exhibitions
The exhibition suite explores the worlds of mental health, war, forgotten Virginia landscapes, and celebrates MOCA’s 22nd annual juried show of Virginia artists, New Waves 2017. On view through April 16, 2017.
Film
At MoMA, Restored Bruce Lee Masterpieces Leap Back onto the Big Screen
Eternal Bruce Lee will share the purest portrayal of Lee’s style by using the closest possible reproduction of the crisp, colorful, large images audiences saw in cinemas in the 1970s.
Poetry
One Poem by Marwa Helal
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Marwa Helal for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Confronting the Limits of Catharsis in a Video About Black American Life
Arthur Jafa's "Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death" communicates a truth about black life in the US: Many of our public encounters erupt in violence or are premised upon violence.
Art
#TrumpArtworks Is a Hashtag Art Nerds Will Love to Hate
The meme deities are smiling upon us — it promises to be a hilarious (when we're not crying) year.
News
B&H Photo’s Move to New Jersey May Violate Labor Laws
United Steelworkers has accused the retailer B&H Photo of violating federal labor laws with its plan to relocate part of its operations to central New Jersey.
Art
Penn Libraries Acquires Benjamin Franklin's First Broadside, a Skull-Adorned Elegy
In 1723, a teenaged Benjamin Franklin created his first printing piece, a broadside elegy recently acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.
Art
LA Artists Raised $100K for the ACLU — Now What?
A benefit sale over post–Inauguration Day weekend featured T-shirts, buttons, and works by more than 200 artists.
Art
ArtRx LA
There's a lot going on this week. In addition to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair and free admission to 30-plus museums on Sunday, Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera gives a talk, Jimmie Durham gets his first North American retrospective at the Hammer, and more.
News
In Oval Office Rehang, Trump Continues to Copy Others
From a rug designed by former first lady Laura Bush, to duplicate Winston Churchill busts, Donald Trump's redecoration of the Oval Office is predictably retrograde.