Art Review
Joel-Peter Witkin’s God-Loving, Gender-Bending Art
His elaborate tableaux vivants blend elements of mythology, the Bible, and art history to express compassion for the marginalized.
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Community
A View From the Easel
“Sometimes it's infinite folding and binding, and I just spend the day or weekend doing that.”
Art Review
Pope.L Invites Us to Think Through the American Dream
A collection of his works on paper at the Drawing Center typifies his frantic and sometimes opaque renderings of thought.
Art
Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2025 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin.
News
UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to Come Home to Scotland
The project began in 1989 under Scottish activist Ally Van Tillo, who died on August 30.
Daily Newsletter
Artists Reflect on 25 Years Since 9/11
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and more recount their experiences, Rabkin Prize winners announced, and introducing pocket reviews.
Feature
Artists Reflect on 9/11 and the Wounds of the “War on Terror”
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and others share stories from the day of the attack and the vicious campaign of Islamophobia, racism, and surveillance in its wake.
Art Movements
Kathleen V. Jameson Named Speed Museum Director
The New Museum's new board members, Alison Rossiter works acquired by The Met, a record-breaking David Hockney show, and more in Art Movements.
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Brooklyn Museum Displays Work of Artist Killed in 9/11 on 25th Anniversary
Michael Richards’s 1997 sculpture “Free F’All” commemorates the historic African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the discrimination they experienced during service.
Film Review
A Portrait of an Artist as a Dominatrix
“I Want Your Sex” is a caricature of the art world more than an actually incisive critique, but it’s funner that way.
News
Tschabalala Self’s Splendid “Lady in Blue” Graces London’s Fourth Plinth
Self said the figure is “not an idol to venerate or a historical figure to commemorate,” but rather “an everyday woman like the many who occupy the square daily.”
Hyperallergic Writers Among 2026 Rabkin Prize Recipients
Contributors Damien Davis and Alicia Inez Guzmán are among the eight arts writers who received the award.