Books
Best of 2014: Our Top 10 Art Books
There's never a shortage of art books, but it is often hard to find the best in a field flooded with vanity projects, sales tools, and books that promise so much more than they deliver.
Latest
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News
Artist Tania Bruguera Allegedly Detained in Cuba Over Public Performance [UPDATED]
The artist Tania Bruguera has likely been detained by Cuban authorities who prevented her from staging a performance yesterday in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, according to multiple media reports and the artist's sister.
Poetry
"Teeth" by Peggy Robles-Alvarado
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a new poem by Peggy Robles-Alvarado for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers. This week we have included a special reading of the poem by the poet.
Interview
Penny Arcade on the Professionalization of Performance Art
“New York used to be Sin City," says performance artist Penny Arcade. "I came to New York to sin! New York City went from being the Big Apple to the Big Cupcake. People are staggering from one cupcake to another!” She has a point.
News
More Than 6,000 Wallpaper Designs Digitized
Wallpaper has been the subject of exhibitions at institutions like New York's International Print Center and Manchester's Whitworth Gallery, and artists like Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst have even created their own designs.
News
Secret London Crime Museum May Open for First Time in 150 Years
London's infamous and off-limits "Black Museum" of macabre crime artifacts may finally open to the public as the Metropolitan Police faces budgets shortcomings.
Art
Surreal Japanese Illustrations Capture the Spirit of Andersen's Fairy Tales
Although adults may misremember them as light children's stories, the 19th-century fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen commonly deal with themes of loneliness, forced journeys far from home, and the precariousness of existence.
In Brief
French Sculptures in the US Stand Up to Be Counted
On the hunt for one of Emmanuel Fremiet's cat bronzes? Want to play a game on Man Ray's chess set? Curious to know which state has the most Louise Bourgeois sculptures? All these pressing queries and more will be answered thanks to the new French Sculpture Census.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, there are shows at two of LA's finest DIY venues, the opening of a new art space in the desert, a retrospective of work from legendary avant-garde potter Peter Voulkos, and more!
In Brief
How Many DC Bureaucrats Does It Take to Fix a Calder Mobile?
It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but members of the US Senate are pondering the mobility of an Alexander Calder mobile.
Art
The Teddy Bears and Soda Cans of Clare Graham
LOS ANGELES — The term "craft," especially in the context of the art world, is tricky. Who decides what's art and what's craft, and is there a hierarchy between the two? Happily, an exhibition sometimes comes along to further blur the line, as is the case with Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Y
Art
Making Art from Life in Palestine
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Rehab Nazzal’s exhibition Visible, curated by Stuart Keeler at the Art Gallery of Mississauga, had me sitting and crying for hours.