Art
Art Alone Cannot Save the Greek City of Elefsina
The city was once a hub for an ancient Greek ritual. Now, efforts to harness its fabled past risk merely aestheticizing its current environmental and economic hardship.
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Interview
Rose B. Simpson’s Antidote to “Postcolonial Stress Disorder”
“The pieces feel like they used all of us to create themselves,” she told Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Something Is Rotten in Germany's Arts Sector
Thanks to selective governmental investment in the arts, a sad joke has emerged — state-funded "radicals."
Art
Can We Find Our Way to Indigenous Joy?
As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Brian Johnson explores the decolonial practices of Indigenous and Native American poster designers.
News
Raising Funds to Help a Family of 10 Exit Gaza
After several forced evacuations and the loss of her brother and father, graphic designer Samah Ramadan is seeking support amid Israel’s ongoing attacks.
News
New Yorkers Aren't Thrilled About the New Museum’s Expansion
Renderings of the new expansion shared on Instagram elicited mixed views, with some viewing the project as “soulless.”
News
Met Museum Hires Sotheby’s Staffer to Lead Provenance Research
After a string of high-profile seizures and controversies, the museum has tapped Lucian Simmons for the new role.
News
Legislators Push Bill for American Jewish History Museum
The proposal would help transfer the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia to the Smithsonian Institution.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the boundless creativity of Audrey Flack, filmmakers memorialize the Haitian Revolution, medieval women’s embroidery, talking dogs, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, studios in Chicago, California, DC, and New Hampshire.
Podcast
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: The Story of One of the Few Artists at the Stonewall Uprising
From his fourth-floor Hell’s Kitchen walk-up, the artist talks Catholic icons, tin foil, and memories of fires raging outside the treasured safe space for the queer community in 1960s New York City.
Art
The Double Life of Aji V.N.’s Art
Aji’s bifurcated practice reflects his experience of living and working in two different worlds, India and the Netherlands.