Art
Robert Earl Paige’s Colorful Textile Worlds
The 87-year-old artist is having one of those rare the-art-world-is-paying-attention moments, and it feels joyful and deserved.
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Guide
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
The city’s arts scene is in full swing again, with Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, queer science fiction, light in Medieval Europe, Christina Ramberg’s fragmented figuration, and more.
Books
Agnès Varda, Pragmatic Dreamer
The first major biography of the film director, screenwriter, artist, and photographer is scrupulous and affectionate.
Art
Simone Fattal Stages Battles Between the Mortal and Heavenly
The Lebanese-American artist speaks to the fragmented cultural spaces of regions host to ancient civilizations, which merge with her own displacement.
Art
Melissa Cody’s Disruptive Warp and Weft
The Diné artist demonstrates that traditional techniques and motifs are not static, but are dynamic bearers of emotional weight.
Guide
10 Shows to See in Upstate New York This September
A posthumous encounter with Hans Franks’s cosmic art, Sydney Cash’s reinvorigrations of ‘30s-era glass, Frances Segismundo’s Zen-inspired work, and more.
Art
Can Visual Artists Get People to Vote?
Artists including Carrie Mae Weems and Shepard Fairey are joining large-scale campaigns to encourage voter turnout this election season.
News
National Park Service Allots $3M to Repatriate Native Heritage
The funds were distributed to 13 Native American tribes and 21 institutions to facilitate the return of human remains and artifacts.
Crosswords
The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: September 2024
Kick off fall with a New York-heavy puzzle, featuring the frenzied art fair season, public art by Cannupa Hanska Luger, local zine libraries, beloved local sculpture parks, and much more.
Art
Celebrating Labor History Through the Art of Union Banners
Displayed at marches and strikes, these creative emblems of collective struggle convey specific values centered around fair wages, protest, and rights across industries.
Art
Donald Rodney Drew Upon His Sickness to Illuminate Society’s Ills
An exhibition brings together all of the artist’s surviving work, demonstrating the many ways he incorporated aspects of his illness into his practice.
Art
The Ancient Art of the Labor Strike
Though the term “strike” was coined in 1768, the history of work stoppages is much older and artists have been involved from the start.