Art
Astrological Aesthetics: April 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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Performance
Six Characters in Search of a Puppetmaster
Luigi Pirandello's iconic play Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) is being reimagined at La MaMa this month.
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News
European Art Award Canceled After Two Nominees Withdraw [UPDATED]
Organizers of the Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award — known as the Vincent Award — have cancelled this year's edition of the contemporary art prize, presented biennially since 2000 to a mid-career artist who lives and/or works in Europe.
News
10 Years On, Arts in Bushwick Invites the Community to Discuss Plans for the Future
Arts in Bushwick, the producer of New York City’s largest summer kickoff/open-studios event, broke hearts six weeks ago when it announced that this year’s Bushwick Open Studios would be held in October, not June.
Announcement
Now Streaming: A New Short Film by Leslie Thornton, Inspired by Bruce Conner
This chilling exploration of the purpose and repurposing of memory during wartime draws on oral accounts of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, and responds to artist Bruce Conner’s iconic film of the 1946 Bikini Atoll nuclear test, "CROSSROADS" (1976). [http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzY
Comics
Historical Relevance
Have you ever considered your legacy?
Art
Minimal, Alienating Works That Aren’t Blind to Tradition
In an alley between Greene Naftali gallery and a walled parking lot under the High Line, sit two Haegue Yang installations.
Art
Holdouts: The Solitary Resisters of Real Estate
For all his money and power, Donald Trump couldn't force a widow from her New Jersey home back in the 1990s.
Film
Honoring an American Titan of 20th-Century Experimental Cinema
Ever-moving, ever-changing — that’s the cinema of Bruce Baillie.
Art
An Artist Paints Hopeful Portraits of Palestinians on Cactus Pads
The sabra, a fruit-bearing cactus, holds particular symbolism in both Israel and Palestine, where it grows wild across the region: it survives in all weather conditions, rugged on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside.
Art
Creating a Puppet Documentary for the Count Who Loved a Corpse
The fact that he slept for seven years with the corpse of a woman he loved is, for filmmaker Ronni Thomas, one of the least interesting things about Count von Cosel.
In Brief
Russia's Communist Party Wants to Copyright Iconic Red Star Symbol
Since the Russian Revolution, the red star has served as an international symbol of Communism, spangling the flags and insignia of myriad Communist states.