Art
30 Years On, Nan Goldin’s Unflinching ‘Ballad’ Is Just as Powerful
When the slideshow of Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency flipped past pictures of her ex Brian, I finally understood why she had photographed him so much.
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How to Manage the Transition from Young to Mid-Career Artist
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Opinion
Required Reading
This week, origins of Etruscans, Pollock in Dallas, artists and scholars on the margins, Iran's underground, MSM's obsession with terrorism, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: 2015
For the last Weekend Words of the year, Hyperallergic Weekend invited its contributors to compose a brief meditation, declaration, exhortation or snatch of verse as a way of saying goodbye to 2015.
Art
Another View of America: The Paintings of Archibald Motley
If the purpose of an exhibition is to open your eyes and send your mind spinning in all sorts of unexpected directions, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, currently on the eighth floor of the new, spacious Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street, should be slotted at the top of your m
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The Portrait of Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters’ Christmas Portrait is, far and away, without a doubt, quite simply the greatest Christmas album ever recorded.
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We Prowl in the Night and Burn
We may stay awake in our sleep and write what we read in dreams.
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The Pursuit of Art, 2015
2015 was the Year of the Whitney.
Books
The Geometric Aesthetics of Piet Mondrian's Studios
Dutch artist Piet Mondrian lived a nomadic life, caught between the two World Wars, and he transformed each new studio and home into a reflection of his current practice.
Art
Merry Kitschmas: A Photographer Documents Christmas in Suburban America
Santa Claus plays pool at a dive bar; giant muppets and nutcrackers fill a neon-lit lawn; a glowing sign reads “Happy Birt Jesus:” These are a few examples of suburban America’s take on the 2,000-year-old religious tradition of Christmas, as captured by photographer Jesse Rieser in his series Happy
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A Seashell Temple, a Glowflower Tree, and More Art Adventures at Burning Man
The ephemeral circumstances of the festival and the disposition (natural, habituated, or chemically enhanced) of so many attendees creates an unusual environment for viewing and engaging with art.
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How Artists Portrayed Prostitution in 19th-Century Paris
PARIS — Perhaps out of a kindred permissive, libertine spirit, prostitution — both chic demi-mondaine and lascivious, pierreuse street-walker style — played a central role in the nascent development of modern painting.