News
NEA Report Calls for Diversifying the Art World and Curbing Art Student Debt
The population of artists in the US is growing and diversifying (slowly), art schools don't prepare students for the real world, and artists are still poor.
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Over 1,200 Archaeologists and Museum Staff Condemn Destruction Wrought by Dakota Pipeline
In a letter released today, 1,281 archaeologists, museum directors and staff, anthropologists, and historians expressed their solidarity against the destruction at Standing Rock by the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
In Brief
Tate Acquires Portrait by One of Europe's First Female Professional Painters
When a rare portrait by one of Britain's first professional female artists went up for sale two years ago, auctioneers assumed it was the work of a man.
Announcement
'In Real Life,' 100 Days of Film and Performance at the Hammer Museum
The Hammer Museum’s In Real Life includes four monthlong, curated film and video exhibitions, 15 weekends of performances and durational, immersive works, as well as weekday rehearsals by a select group of performers including theater, dance, music, and experimental recitation.[http://engine.nectara
News
Archaeologists in Turkey Find Neolithic Female Statuette Intact
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, consists of two settlement mounds — the remains of houses continually built over old ones — that have yielded many treasures since archaeologists began excavations in the 1960s.
Interview
Artists Pick Artists: Kerstin Cmelka
Kerstin Cmelka is a filmmaker, video and performance artist, photographer, and writer in Berlin. Her investment in different mediums — contemporary as this may appear — is rooted in etymological thought, tracing back the literal meanings of "art" and "artists."
Announcement
Seven Reasons to Attend the 2016 Common Field Convening, a National Gathering of Alt Art Spaces in Miami
350+ arts organizers will come together in Miami, Florida October 20–23 for the 2016 Common Field Convening. This year’s annual gathering of alternative organizations, spaces, and projects will focus on arts organizing in a time of accelerated capitalism.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6OTA2OD
Art
A Sight at the Museum
Just past the metal detectors at the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum, 11 people cluster together, tablets and smartphones raised in front of their faces, photographing the central information desk and the arches beyond.
Poetry
Two Poems by Kit Schluter
Our new poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Kit Schluter for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Opinion
White Supremacy's Strange Skittles Obsession
The US Presidential election cycle has become a hotbed of coded memes and imagery.
Art
A Blimp Floats in a Gallery, Imagining the View from Space
CHICAGO — The Sidney R. Yates gallery in the Chicago Cultural Center is a large space on the top floor of a neoclassical-style building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
Performance
A Play Caught Between the Lies and Truth of Storytelling
When I first encounter the artist Lin Bo discussing his work “The Cage,” there is something about him that doesn’t sit quite right with me.