Art
The Man Who Feted the YBAs Before Their Fame
LONDON — Genius, unskilled manager, talented art dealer, troublemaker: the figure of Joshua Compston is one of inconsistencies and contradictions, even 18 years after his death.
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Metropolitan Opera Headed for Lockout
The Metropolitan Opera is anticipating a significant labor lockout beginning August 1, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Art
Malevich in his Milieu
LONDON — The Tate Modern’s Malevich: Revolutionary of Russian Art exhibition explores the career of Kazimir Malevich, presenting a complete image of the painter, sculptor, teacher, and revolutionary member of the early Soviet avant-garde, whose trajectory as an innovative artist mirrored the tumultu
Comics
Ikea and the End of the World
Sometime next month, a shipping container slips overboard into the North Atlantic.
Art
Making Art Feel at Home
The two rooms of Jason McCoy Gallery currently feature works spanning a wide variety of styles and mediums — from functional design objects, such as wallpaper and stools, to charcoal drawings and fine art textiles — for the group show Domesticity.
Opinion
A Talk Show About Art
For its first original web series, Ovation TV has launched a talk show about art called Touching the Art. And why not?
Opinion
When Reality TV Imitates Art
Sometimes "homage" is the only way to understand things.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week Los Angeles seems to be all about performance and performativity.
Opinion
Spike Lee Draws Out the Parallels Between Art and Life (and Death)
Does art imitate life, or is it the other way around?
Interview
Unpacking the Medicated Motherhood Mystique
CHICAGO — On February 13, I found myself in the back seat of a bus in Chicago with the artist Marni Kotak. We felt comfortable in the back of the bus. We are those kinds of women.
Poetry
"Sideward & Leisurely Crumbles the Heart’s Presidio" by Michael Robins
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Michael Robins for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios from California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Mississippi.