Art
'The Babadook' Is No By-the-Book Horror Movie
“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings,” Macbeth famously mused. Centuries later, this tenet is borne out in countless horror movies.
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Art
When Guerrilla Art Goes Awry, Keep the Cameras Rolling
BRUSSELS — 7 Square Metres (2013) didn’t set out to explore the subject of failure. Belgian artist Karl Philips’s first documentary film was supposed to record the complex implementation of a site-specific action at a 2011 summer music festival.
Art
Capturing the Human Body in All Its Awkwardness
Ulrich Seidl: Stills 1998– 2014, an exhibition of Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s film stills currently on view at OstLicht Gallery in Vienna, showcases the filmmaker’s particular relationship to the aesthetics of the imperfect human body.
Interview
What Happens When You Steal an Artist's Identity
ALBUQUERQUE — If you live on the West Coast, you’ve probably already read plenty about Jessamyn Lovell’s “revenge” piece Dear Erin Hart,.
Poetry
3 Poems by Joseph Massey
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected three poems by Joseph Massey for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Opinion
Stop Self-Censoring
It's been three weeks since two masked gunmen stormed into the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and killed 11 people. In that time there's been self-censorship — quite a bit of it.
Art
Falling for Niki de Saint Phalle
PARIS — I have never particularly admired French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle’s overly familiar and obvious Nanas (French slang for “broads”) — the gaudy, plump, joyous everywoman figures that made the artist’s case for female affirmation.
Comics
Will Paint Chickens for Eggs
Since moving to the Catskills a year ago, our neighbors consistently out-neighbor us in their massive amounts of favors.
Interview
Street Artist Tells Bill Cosby to Fess Up
Artists have been largely absent from the public discourse surrounding the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Cosby, another of which was just lodged, and about which the comedian remains silent.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2015 LA Art Book Fair
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair opens on Thursday, January 29, at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Art
How to See a World in a Corner of a Living Room
What do the ’80s post-punk band Liquid Liquid, faded family photographs, and Art Spiegelman have in common? All contributed to the creation of Richard McGuire’s latest graphic novel, Here.
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Superscript: Arts Journalism and Criticism in a Digital Age
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