Books
Hokusai's Picture Book of Everyday Life in Edo-Era Japan
The manuscript would have been destroyed if its pages had been used to create a printed book during Hokusai's lifetime.
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Film
A Mapplethorpe Documentary Favors Contemplation Over Controversy
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s new documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures offers intimate insights into the controversial photographer's life and persona.
Books
A Visual Record of Four Centuries of Asylum Care
Mike Jay's book This Way Madness Lies explores society’s approach to mental illness over centuries.
News
After Election, Miami Fair Flip-Flops on Hosting Anti-Trump Art Project
The day after the election, the art collective T.Rutt was informed it would no longer get to show its anti-Trump bus and flag works at the Red Dot Fair in Miami.
Art
Exhibition in Former Hospital Puts Both Art and Gentrification on Display
Human Condition features work by 80 artists spread over three floors of the former Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, which is planned for conversion into condos.
News
Museum Denies Authenticity of Newly Revealed van Gogh Drawings
The celebratory release of Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook is clouded in controversy as Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum rejects the authenticity of the supposedly 200-year-old album.
Art
The Offstage Art of Brooklyn Drag Queens
An exhibition at the Bureau of General Services — Queer Division highlights the non-drag art of more than a dozen members of the Brooklyn drag queen scene.
News
Donation Returns Over 200 Indigenous Art Objects to British Columbia
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia has received an anonymous donation of First Nations art and artifacts worth $7 million, a major return of indigenous heritage to the area.
Announcement
Taipei Biennial 2016: November–December Programs
Organized by Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), the Taipei Biennial’s five-month long program interweaves exhibitions, performances, screenings, symposiums, readings, conferences, and workshops.
Art
Cryptic Deconstructions of Big Data
In Julien Prévieux's solo show at Julius Caesar, the artist asks: what, if anything, can be made of our intense reliance on technology to learn about our world?
Art
Stories of War and Survival Unfold in San Francisco’s Presidio
Homeland Security takes over three decommissioned military bunkers, a church, and the former headquarters of the Nike Missile Program by staging paintings, installations, and social practice projects throughout.
Poetry
One Poem by Christopher Soto
Our new poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Christopher Soto for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.