Art
This week Boise, Idaho, took ownership of the late self-taught artist James Castle's longtime home, which will be restored into a cultural facility commemorating his life and offering residency and exhibition space to local and national artists.
News
In the wake of new controversy over AP's discovery that the Cosbys bankrolled the entire show, the Smithsonian has finally mustered up the courage to take some visible form of action.
Interview
Takashi Murakami has achieved a level of ubiquity that is unparalleled in the art world.
News
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras has filed a lawsuit against the US federal government for "Kafkaesque harassment" she says she's endured in airports and border crossings because of her work.
News
Early yesterday morning Pluto, three billion miles from Earth, appeared in our sharpest view yet.
Interview
I’m Making A Boy Band (IMMABB), initiated by Korean Columbia MFA graduate Bora Kim, is an ongoing project that uses Korean pop (K-pop) to pose questions about nationhood, cultural appropriation, and gender roles.
Poetry
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected one poem by Anaïs Duplan for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Baroque Spanish sculpture was long considered gaudy and secondary to the paintings of the same era but that is changing.
Art
Almost one year after the shooting of Michael Brown by former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, the scene of Brown's death has re-appeared in the form of an artwork in a Chicago gallery.
Interview
On Friday artists Jeff Greenspan and Andrew Tider walked away from We Are Always Listening (WAAL), a National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor, DIY surveillance program, satirical prank, or new media art project, depending on your interpretation.
News
On this week’s art crime blotter: Shepard Fairey turns himself in to Detroit Police, London police swarm an artist carrying a cardboard tube near Buckingham Palace, and an artist is arrested for "abstracting electricity."
Art
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — The power of expectation is never so evident as it is in the moment it's thwarted.