Poetry
"Trial of MUSE" by Joyelle McSweeney
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected an excerpt from a verse play by Joyelle McSweeney for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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Art
A Child's Drawings Preserved over the Centuries by "Magical Mud"
In one region of Russia, the consistency of the earth is just right that manuscripts dating back centuries emerge almost perfectly preserved. Over the past year, more than 1,000 of these birch bark artifacts from the 11th to 14th centuries have been exhumed from the soil of Novgorod, adding to a gro
Performance
An Abolitionist's Work, in Present Tense
John Brown is so much more than historical matter or biographical trope in Moss's world; he is an ideological framework, able to produce a compelling, albeit densely layered, performance work.
Art
Mining Tax Data to Map the Past and Future of Urban Development in New York
Last year, the City of New York released a huge trove of tax data to the public. Called Property Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), the information might not seem terribly thrilling, a dry assortment of building dates, square footage, and property value, but for those looking to map the city's history
Art
ArtRx LA
There's so much good stuff happening this week, it's almost hard to keep track. Among our picks are two intriguing performances by three up-and-coming LA artists, two shows devoted to 20th-century artist pioneers, and a discussion of art and political activism. And don't forget about Halloween — we
In Brief
Painterly Dogg, Doggy Dogg: Snoop Shills Swedish Socks in Salacious Studio Scene
"My process when I get ready to paint? I definitely gotta have a blunt, because the blunt is inspiration to the creation," so says Snoop Dogg during a new video paid for by a Swedish sock company that placed the rap legend in a studio equipped with your typical art-making paraphernalia.
Announcement
School of Visual Arts Master's in Curatorial Practice: Call for Applications
The School of Visual Arts' Master of Arts degree in Curatorial Practice [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTc0OSwiYXQiOjIwLCJidCI6MCwiY20iOjE3NDc2MywiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo2NDY0MDcsImRtIjo0LCJmYyI6NjY0ODYxLCJmbCI6NDAwMDkyLCJpcCI6IjU0LjgyLjE5Ny41OCIsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN
News
Cultural Workers in Turkey Prepare for Hunger Strike over Underemployment
Cultural workers in Turkey are set to go on hunger strike in protest of their unemployment and its endangerment of the country's vulnerable cultural resources.
Interview
MacArthur Grantee Rick Lowe on Art as Community
DALLAS — Vickery Meadow is the kind of place that makes the news for all the wrong reasons. An impoverished enclave for immigrants and refugees in Dallas, it has long been one of the city’s most violent neighborhoods.
Art
Hyperallergic's 'Crossing Brooklyn' ArtTalks Tackle Alternative Economies, Performance/Activism, and More
Earlier this month, the Brooklyn Museum opened Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, a survey exhibition featuring 35 Brooklyn-based artists. In order to build upon the show's themes, Hyperallergic has partnered with the borough's foremost museum to organize three of our signat
Art
How a Fluxus Pioneer Tuned Televisions to a World of Noise
PARIS — Following on the heels of the Jean Dupuy and Robert Filliou gallery exhibitions, a third radical Fluxus-related artist is receiving a museum-quality gallery show in Paris: Wolf Vostell.
Books
Belief, Reason, and the Origins of the World in a Striking Series of 19th-Century Illustrations
Galileo and other troublemakers aside, science and religion didn't have such a complete falling out until the 19th century.