In Brief
More Than 400 Roman-Era Columns Lie Abandoned on Beirut’s Waterfront
Lebanon's General Directorate of Antiquities has no inventory of the ancient archaeological fragments and isn't sure what to do with them.
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Art
A Stained-Glass World Where Women Are Worshipped
Women are everywhere in Paula Wilson’s art, which cobbles together fragmented images like shards of stained glass.
Art
Enigmatic Sculptures of Dangerous Embraces
Entang Wiharso’s solo exhibition at Marc Straus Gallery is filled with nightmarish allegories and provocative entanglements.
Art
The Worst McMansion Sins, From Useless Pilasters to Hellish Transom Windows
Kate Wagner's blog McMansion Hell is like a snarky DSM-IV for all that ails contemporary over-building in suburban developments.
Announcement
The Clemente Open Studios, May 19–20
Come explore this culturally diverse community, which houses 11 visual and performing arts organizations and over 46 visual artists’ studios.
News
Dubai, a City Known for Censorship, Launches Typeface for Self-Expression
The city's latest branding endeavor is Dubai Font, created in partnership with Microsoft and available for free in 23 languages.
Art
Adam Pendleton Examines the Multiplicity of Blackness
The artist's largest solo exhibition to date explores blackness as a color, an idea, an identity, a method, and a political movement.
Art
A Show of Lebanese Art Suffused with the Longing of Exile
At Angela Meleca Gallery, five contemporary Lebanese artists consider their relationships to their home country.
Books
The Designs of Allan Wexler, a “Radical Deconstructor of Habitation”
A new book celebrates the artist’s unique vision, featuring more than 200 projects he has conceived since the 1980s.
Books
An Illustrated 19th-Century Japanese Travelogue of Egypt
The image of Egypt as conceived by innovative Japanese publisher Takejirō Hasegawa was well outside the dominant paradigm and thus startling to Western eyes.
Art
Astrological Aesthetics: May 2017 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
Art
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.