News
Art Museums Increasingly Dependent on Private Wealth, Study Affirms
Museums in North America continue to be dependent on private philanthropy to expand their collections and mount shows.
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Art
Memorializing the Forgotten Grave of a Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Fanny Cornforth has one of the most recognizable faces of Pre-Raphaelite art, yet after dying at an asylum in obscurity, she rests in an unmarked grave.
Art
Skewering Trump by Any Memes Necessary
People are dealing with the new realities of Trumplandia through memes because they help us laugh. Did someone say #goldenshowers?
News
Outsider Art Fair to Host Readings of Obama's Words Beginning on Inauguration Day
Fair attendees, invited guests, and members of the public are invited to recite quotes from the President's speeches, interviews, and other appearances.
Film
Elizabeth Murray's and Carmen Herrera's Diverging Routes to Artistic Success
Recent documentaries about two well-known female painters make for a potent double bill at Film Forum.
In Brief
Japan Recalls Its South Korean Envoys Over “Comfort Women” Sculpture
An ongoing dispute over a statue commemorating South Korean victims of the Japanese imperial army's sex slavery has escalated, with Japan summoning its ambassador and a consul general back to Tokyo.
Performance
An Opera Revisits the Grisly Public Dissections of the 18th Century
An anatomical theater and its dissected murderess are the subjects of a bloody opera on the physical nature of evil.
Poetry
Two Poems by Jessica Laser
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Jessica Laser for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
News
Artist Petitions Donald Trump to Commission a Border Fence by Christo
On Change.org, Luis Camnitzer is asking the President-elect to turn his proposed border wall with Mexico into a piece by Christo.
Art
Nurturing the Experimental Music Underground
There have been losses. Terrible losses. And yet, somehow the underground finds its way.
Art
A Photographic Tour of London’s Art-Filled Streets
The British capital continues to be a playground for artists who use the walls as their canvas.
Opinion
More Screens, More Knowledge: Testing the Detroit Institute of Arts' New Augmented Reality App
The guide, Lumin, offers museumgoers an opportunity to look closer and, by providing critical context, expand their understanding of a given art object.