Art
Artworks that Clock Working Life
BERLIN — Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life, a tightly curated exhibition currently on show at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, is small but packs a real punch.
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Celebrating Photographers of Color and the Collectives That Have Nurtured Them
"And who else is there?" A staff member at a well-known photo festival and I were nearing the end of an awkward conversation.
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World's Largest Space for Contemporary Glass Art Lets in the Light
CORNING, NY — This Friday, a luminous new wing of the Corning Museum of Glass opens for the display of contemporary glass art and its molten creation.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the March 2015 Greenpoint Gallery Night
Now that the snow has finally melted and we've all begun to thaw — unless it snows again today?! — it’s time to make the trek out to North Brooklyn for 2015’s first Greenpoint Gallery Night, of which Hyperallergic is a proud media sponsor.
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Our View from the Cosmic Shore: Early Modern Interpretations of Celestial Events
When Milton was writing Paradise Lost in the 17th century, a comet grazed through the sky, inspiring the English poet to describe how Satan "stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd."
News
Obama's Presidential Library May Gobble Up Historic Chicago Parkland
Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy?
Art
The Mentor and His Protégé: Frank Lloyd Wright and Fay Jones in Arkansas
Fay Jones was still a boy in Arkansas when he first heard of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Art
Reviewing the Responses to MoMA's Divisive Painting Survey
As news of art fairs and Bjork took the spotlight earlier this month, I lingered on the Museum of Modern Art’s The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, up through early April.
Announcement
Opening March 20 in NYC, 'La Sapienza' Tells a Story of Love, Architecture, and Inspiration
La Sapienza tells the story of Alexandre (Fabrizio Rongione) a Swiss architect who seeks spiritual and artistic renewal during a voyage to Italy to study the work of 17th-century architect Francesco Borromini.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MzU1OTEsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyMjY5NzksImNoIjox
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Dutch Pranksters Punk Museumgoers with IKEA Art
In a playful prank on some art viewers, a roughly €10 work of IKEA art was placed in the galleries of the Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands, where visitors bestowed praise on the impostor.
Performance
A Mashup of Ballet and Postmodern Dance
Dance is a curious thing: an art form that both defies and relies on genre distinctions.
Art
Looking for Origins of Arab Modernism in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The United Arab Emirates may dominate the popular image of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries today, but for most of the 20th century the region's poster child for oil-fueled prosperity and cosmopolitan aspiration was Kuwait.