Poetry
"Contemporary Views of December" by Mark Cugini
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Mark Cugini for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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Art
Photographing and Fashioning the Reality of Brazil
This summer the International Center of Photography is offering its public two shows of Latin American photography. On the first floor of the museum, curator Christopher Phillips presents the first major solo show of Brazilian photographer Caio Reisewitz in the US.
Art
Worn Shoes, Four Miles of Yarn, and 400 Stories
WASHINGTON, DC — For Perspectives, Chiharu Shiota's exhibition that opened last weekend at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the artist filled a corner of the lobby with nearly 400 individual worn shoes and four miles of yarn.
Interview
Superlooper: Ryan Gander's Many Dimensions
“That was my first lucky break,” Gander recalls, as we sit down to discuss his work on the occasion of his latest exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery titled Make Every Show Like It’s Your Last.
Interview
The Immoveable Feasts of French Modernism
LOS ANGELES — In 1988 Jed Perl, a critic in his mid-thirties who had written for Vogue, Art in America, and The New Criterion, published his first book: Paris Without End: On French Art Since World War I.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, we have a handy map for your LA art adventures, Orange County trots out the avant-garde, Made in LA is closing, ACME celebrates 20 years, Doug Aitken has a new show, and lots more.
In Brief
New Evidence that Neanderthals Made Art
Researchers have uncovered further evidence that human ancestors may have begun producing cave art earlier than previously thought. A
Art
Tracing a Lineage of Tech-Minded Women Artists
It's hard now to go more than a couple months without stumbling across another exhibition showing "artists [who] question the boundary between art and technology." It's enough to make you never give another crap about the boundary between art and technology. But I'm not sure the artists involved in
Art
A Crocheted Phantasmagoria on the Hudson
YONKERS, New York — Blood falls over a compass rose circled slowly by turkey vultures, while in another room a pelican goddess spits out the Milky Way in a celestial swirl of beads and shredded fabric.
In Brief
Bahrain Tortures Award-Winning Photojournalist
Ammar Abdul-Rasool, a Bahraini photographer arrested in July, has been tortured during his continuing detention, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) reported.
Art
Recovering the History of Sound in Video Games
The sound of video games has transformed from something seemingly mechanical accenting action to incredibly elaborate acoustic landscapes setting the mood for play. To preserve this history, and show why it's worth exploring, a new documentary and archive project are underway.
Announcement
Calling All Brooklyn Artists: Apply for Level Hotel Brooklyn’s Lobby Art Commission
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