Art
An Artist's Fixation on Felix the Cat
BLACKPOOL, UK — While obsessed with Felix the Cat, Mark Leckey has his own highly sensitive pair of whiskers.
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Art
Rare 18th-Century Soul Sculptures Go on View at the Hispanic Society
Maggots spill from the bare ribcage of the toothy skeleton, and the poor soul in hell, his skin blood-red, is tearing apart his own torso. These are two of the four fates of the soul, as so horrifically and magnificently crafted by whom experts believe is the 18th-century Ecuadorian sculptor, Manuel
News
Discover NYC's Over 1,000 Public Artworks with a New Interactive Map
New York City has over 1,000 monuments across the five boroughs, and the new NYC Public Art Map and Guide plots them on an interactive map
Art
Astrological Aesthetics: August 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
Art
Preserving the Muffler Men, America's Fiberglass Giants
The United States was invaded by hundreds of giants in the 1960s and 70s. Over half a century later, those that remain are weathered and decayed, their kitsch out of fashion.
Art
Capturing the Faces of the Global Refugee Crises
LOS ANGELES — The Annenberg Space for Photography serendipitously opened their latest exhibition Refugee during the Jewish holiday of Passover, which celebrates one of our most enduring refugee narratives, the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt (even if its veracity is in doubt).
Books
The Uncanny Nature of Fake Flowers
The 73 photographic plates in Robert Voit's The Alphabet of New Plants each frame a different floral detail, from bursting blooms to twisting branches.
In Brief
Egypt's Oldest Written Papyri Reveal Routines of Great Pyramid Builders
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has unveiled the country's oldest written papyri that archaeologists have found so far, placing the delicate fragments on display last month.
Comics
When I Finish Another Sketchbook
I wish I hadn't thought about that.
Art
Recognizing the Contributions of Regionalism at the Turn of the 20th Century
INDIANAPOLIS — In the mid-1970s, when my new, Hoosier husband first took me to visit Indianapolis, the city seemed haunted by the ghosts of middlebrow culture.
Art
The Whimsy and Wit of Isaac Mizrahi
Oversized frog heads; a thin, silk faille gown swathed in a cotton candy-colored parka; a cacophony of plaids, polka dots, chevrons, furs, sequins, feathers, tribal prints, and religious iconography. This is the world of Isaac Mizrahi, on view at the Jewish Museum.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, art in shadow banking, the impact of focal length, oppressive minimalism, slave labor at the White House, Werner Herzog on Pokémon Go, and more.