Art
An Artist’s Plots of Earth Decay to Dust
Dineo Seshee Bopape's installation at Art in General is a powerful evocation of what's happening to the earth under our collective care.
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An Interactive Journey Through Endangered Natural Soundscapes
Bernie Krause's "The Great Animal Orchestra" includes five soundscapes that represent the fragile natural diversity of our world.
Books
A Graphic Novel Reincarnates a Sinister Shirley Jackson Story
Hyman’s adaptation is a strong effort to retain the original tale’s sparse horror while making the most of its compelling visual possibilities.
Art
John Berger’s Rare Art Criticism
Berger's art criticism succeeds because of its tangibility — it is grounded in human experience, historical events, and the physical artworks.
In Brief
A Protest Monument to Victims of Sex Slavery May Become Permanent
Municipal officials in Busan returned a statue it had originally confiscated after protesters erected it next to the Japanese consulate as a tribute to the thousands of Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels.
Art
From Chuck Close to Sarah Sze, a Ride Through the Art of the Second Avenue Subway
New York's Second Avenue Subway opened on January 1 after almost a century of planning, with new art installations by Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Vik Muniz, and Jean Shin.
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Recreating the Face of a 9,500-Year-Old Man
A 9,500-year-old human skull at the British Museum may help visitors connect to our human ancestors.
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ArtRx LA
This week, sign-painter Norm Laich opens a show of his own work, the Craft and Folk Art Museum hosts a community art book installation, a gallery in Santa Ana puts 2016 to rest, and more.
Announcement
New York City Ballet Art Series Presents Santtu Mustonen
Art Series aims to cross-pollinate the disciplines of performing and visual arts – and their audiences – by inviting a contemporary artist to create a site specific work of art at New York City Ballet’s Lincoln Center home.
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Astrological Aesthetics: January 2017 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
Art
The Mexican Modernists Who Found Success in Decadence
An exhibition at Paris's Grand Palais tracks art made in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century, focusing on the influence of the European avant-garde and Mexicans' celebratory attitude toward death.
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ArtRx NYC
A new year means new performance in New York, as four annual festivals hit the city's stages. Plus, don't miss holograms by Louise Bourgeois, a video portrait of Yvonne Rainer, and more.