Art
This year's Bushwick Open Studios were as sprawling and eventful as ever. After recovering from last weekend, we've taken some time to reflect and asked Hyperallergic editors and contributors to suggest a few artists, none of whom we've previously highlighted, to watch.
News
A campaign in the United Kingdom called Paying Artists released a report with a series of recommendations for getting artists paid, an urgency they claim based on their finding that "71% of artists exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries received no fee for their work."
Art
It’s been over twenty years since we’ve seen Joel Perlman’s large-scale sculptures on exhibition in New York City. The size and weight of his mighty works in welded steel can be a challenge to show, but Loretta Howard Gallery has pulled out all the stops rigging in five new large-scale works (four i
Books
After having deadly disappointment earlier this year when it was revealed two of the three books at Harvard University believed to be bound in human skin were both sheepskin, the third has been confirmed as being hominid-made.
Art
Like Victor Frankenstein manipulating his monster from the scavenged remains of tossed-away corpses, artist Nancy Grossman started her career by building "machine-animal hybrids" from a tumult of salvaged metal, wood, and leather.
Opinion
Thank you, Jerry Saltz, for sharing this classic pulp fiction book cover on Twitter. It really puts art school into a real context.
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The revelation that a Creative Time exhibition curated by Nato Thompson has traveled to Israel unbeknownst to participants has drawn sharp rebukes from artists subscribing to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, including the immediate withdrawal of one artist contacted by Hyperall
Comics
I wouldn't say it's getting out of hand, but recently I've found myself saying …
Art
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville has spent the last couple of years staking out a place in discussions occurring in contemporary art circles about the line dividing art and craft. The recent exhibition PRESS: Artist and Machine was a romantic show focused on
Art
Hyperallergic is pleased to continue its media partnership with the Governors Island Art Fair, New York’s largest independent art fair. We are also thrilled to present this open call for artists to apply for a room at this year's series.
In Brief
First it was the accusations of gambling, and now Manhattan art dealer Helly Nahmad, and his dad, David Nahmad, are being "sued for allegedly hiding a $20 million painting stolen by the Nazis," according to the New York Post.
News
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and many, including one of China's most famous dissidents, Ai Weiwei, are commemorating the occasion with personal protests.