Poetry
"The New Water" by Brendan Lorber
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Brendan Lorber for his monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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At a University Museum, an Exhibition Examines Student Debt
EAST LANSING, Mich. — On the sprawling grounds of Michigan State University, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is a sleek, modernistic storehouse amidst the dull brick buildings that populate the campus.
News
Frei Otto, Master of Tensile Structures, Dies Day Before Winning Pritzker Prize
The influential German architect Frei Otto died Monday, one day before it was announced that he would be receiving the 2015 Pritzker Prize.
Art
Conjuring Art Between Magic and Outer Space
MEXICO CITY — Last year, London-based polymath Nahum became the first artist recognized by the International Astronautical Federation as a young leader in space exploration.
Art
Detroit Through the Eyes of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
The period between April 1932 and March 1933, when artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo sojourned in Detroit, was a desperate time for the city.
Comics
Can Art Beat a Winter Cold?
Recently, while promoting my new kids' book, I somehow picked up a cold.
Art
Burn a Soy Sauce Candle in Tribute to the Late Kenji Ekuan
As condiment containers go, there's yet to be a design that matches the elegant simplicity of Kenji Ekuan's soy sauce bottle.
Art
Central Park's 212 Paths in One Public Sculpture
Tatiana Trouvé mounted 212 giant spools of rope onto three steel structures in Doris C. Freedman Plaza, with each rope representing one of Central Park’s winding walkways.
Art
Sculpting the Shapes of a Monochrome Landscape
CHICAGO — The stated aim of Scaped, a group exhibition at the A+D Gallery, is to create an "artistic ecosystem" of artworks that play with the idea of landscape primarily by removing color and offering a catalogue of various shapes and objects in monochrome.
News
LA County Agrees to Pay Photographers $50K for Harassment
In the resolution of a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, Los Angeles County will pay three photographers who were harassed by members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) a total of $50,000 in damages.
In Brief
Wanna Work for Damien Hirst?
Are you a photorealist painter? Are you looking for a full-time job? Are you based in (or willing to move to) London or Devon?
Art
Strange Days in Victor Moscoso's 1960s and '70s Psychedelic Drawings
Victor Moscoso picked up color theories while studying with Josef Albers at Yale University in the late 1950s, and soon turned that abstract harmony into a psychedelic friction.