Art
Lavinia Fontana, the Self-Fashioned Painter
The first woman to make her living from painting captured herself and other women in the ways they wished to be perceived.
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News
Washington Post Nixes Weekly Local Art Column
Some say the decision to cut the In the Galleries series represents a blow to the paper’s regional arts coverage.
Art
School Is Back in Session, and So Are AI Art Classes
New university programs are incorporating generative tools into studio art courses while attempting to address the murky ethics of the technology.
Interview
The Importance of Small-Town Queer Histories
Hyperallergic speaks with Walter Cooper, who wrote the book on queer history in Santa Fe, and Christian Waguespack, who curated the show on it.
News
Noguchi Museum Staff Walk Out in Protest of Keffiyeh Ban
Staff say the dress code policy, which prohibits “political statements,” is anti-Palestinian and goes against the values of the artist whose legacy the museum honors.
Art
Charting the Outer Reaches of Fandom in Art
As a writer and curator who researches fandom, I yearned for more tangible displays of fannish material culture than those in To go boldly.
Books
Making Comics Rescued These Creators During COVID-19
Rescue Party, a selection of comics from around the world, feels like both a celebration and a memorial: We made it.
Film
Five Video Essays to Watch in August
This month: Tetris competitions, “adulting” amusement parks, the pitfalls of activist art, and more.
News
Stonehenge Megalith Traveled "Incredible Distance," Researchers Find
A new study reveals that the Altar Stone was transported across a minimum of 430 miles to its present location in southern England.
News
Bangladeshi Artists Look to the Future After Student Revolution
Political cartoonists, muralists, and others see the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a new opportunity to fight for creative freedoms.
Crosswords
Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: August 2024
Indigenous symbols reclaimed, rap battles won, and pets in museums in this month’s bite-sized puzzle.
Books
The Unnatural Link Between Mothering and Technological Surveillance
Supervision provided me, as a curator/new mom, an entry point into how the labor that is mothering intersects with technology and surveillance.