South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale
Turns out Gaza broke the country's art world, too.
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Comics
The US Department of Hate
The Siren is back for a fourth edition. Read, ponder, and rise up before it’s too late.
Art Guides
10 Art Shows to See in DC This Spring
Nick Cave links landscapes and race, Mary Cassatt in Paris, Joan Danzinger’s sculpted universe, America through the eyes of its artists, and more.
Art Review
A Cold Plunge Into Glenn Ligon’s Blue
New works exemplify a line of inquiry central to the artist’s practice: How might language and color merge to birth figuration?
Memes
How Punch the Monkey Captured the Hearts of Artists
A baby macaque and his ever-present stuffed orangutan at a Japanese zoo have inspired fan art worldwide, from illustration to embroidery to memes.
Art Review
Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path
This artist rejects the notion that paint as a medium inevitably becomes exhausted, incapable of making something, however broken it may be.
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Announcement
Mitchell Johnson’s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris
Intimate paintings spanning nearly four decades of the artist’s career are on view at the gallery from February 28 to March 21.
Daily Newsletter
Epstein in the Shadow of de Sade
Ed Simon on how the intellectual elite absolves abusers of their crimes, Marigold Santos's loving epiphytes, and Damien Davis in conversation with Hakim Bishara.
Community
Art Movements: Marilyn Minter Wins Again
The feminist artist received an international award from Anderson Ranch. Plus, new top staff at university museums, and the V&A goes to the zoo.
Art Review
Marigold Santos Takes Root
She uses epiphytes — plants that grow on other plants without harming them — as a framework for the expansive ways diasporas form.
Member Event
Keeping a Critical Eye on the Art World With Damien Davis
Join us on March 2 for a virtual conversation between artist and Hyperallergic contributor Damien Davis and Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara.
Opinion
The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side
Like the infernal French nobleman, Jeffrey Epstein’s story represents cruel and oppressive politics that were seeded in aristocracy, tended in capitalism, and are now harvested in fascism.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Sometimes I find myself dancing around the studio as I work.”
News
Brooklyn Navy Yard Evicts Drone Manufacturer After Months of Protests
Though listed as a “fine art and photography” business, Easy Aerial contracts with Customs and Border Protection and the Israeli military, activists long flagged.
Art Review
The Self-Invention of Helene Schjerfbeck
The Finnish artist’s first major exhibition in the US is a moving and harrowing document of her growth, as well as the psychic and physical ravages of aging.
News
Representatives of Pride Flag’s Creator Sue Trump Administration
It’s one of two recent lawsuits targeting the government’s interventions across parks and monuments in the week after the Pride flag was removed from Stonewall.
News
University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
It’s one of multiple actions in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition of works critical of ICE violence was abruptly shuttered.
Opinion
LA’s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost
Artist-run spaces represent the heart of Los Angeles’s art scene, yet most people still see the city’s identity as tied to the market — one that’s increasingly influenced by the East Coast.
In Memoriam
Remembering Henrike Naumann, LaMonte McLemore, and Frederick Wiseman
This week, we honor Germany’s representative at the Venice Biennale, a singer and photographer, and a documentarian of the lives of institutions.
News
Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?
The institution acknowledged altering some texts to refer to Canaan, an ancient name for the region, but said the word “Palestine” still appears elsewhere.
News
Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow
Sarula Bao created a fabric horse in the style of “bu zha,” an embroidery art form, for New York nonprofit Think!Chinatown’s annual Lantern Residency.
News
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Reinstate Exhibits on Slavery
The Philadelphia display was dismantled last month after federal directives to remove negative representations of US history on public sites.
News
Artist Tai Shani Pulls Phaidon Book Deal Over Leon Black Allegations
Black, who owns the art book publisher, has come under increased scrutiny over gruesome accusations detailed in the latest trove of Epstein files.
Art Review
We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives
The best work in the Bronx Museum’s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place.