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A View From the Easel
“At times I just sit and have a tea and go into my thoughts for a while; I don’t allow myself to do this at home or anywhere else.”
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From Blog to Book
Three of Hyperallergic’s writers talk about the journeys that took them from writing blog posts to publishing full-length books on the politics of memes, the battles over America's monuments, and forgotten World War II heroes.
Art
With Less Glitter, Arcmanoro Niles’s Illusory Spaces Gleam
While his paintings follow the rules of linear perspectives, Niles uses the materiality of the paint itself to pull viewers into the compositions.
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Must Asian Americans Always Be Seen in Relation to One Another?
Scratching at the Moon hones in on a loose network of artists that have known each other for decades in Los Angeles.
Art
Woody De Othello Combines Sublimation and Supplication
The artist evokes a strong religious sensibility in his hybrid sculptures tempered by a welcome sense of humor.
Books
John Berger Lost His Eyesight to Cataracts and Learned to See
After being afflicted with cataracts, the late critic and novelist reflected on the mechanics of sight.
News
Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice
Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.
Art
Can’t Make It to the Whitney Biennial? Stream These Films Online Instead
A partnership between the museum and Mubi will make a selection of films in this year’s biennial available to watch online from the US, UK, and Canada starting April 12.
Art
As Space Becomes Scarce, Artists Take Over an Abandoned LA Structure
Revel Hall was a meditation on empty, dilapidated properties in a city plagued by a housing crisis.
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Meet the Studio Museum’s 2024 Arts Leadership Cohort
Eight New York-based curators, all early- or mid-career, were selected for the institution’s new program for art workers of color who focus on Black cultural production.
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This Phone App Lets You Capture a Solar Eclipse
Scientists at Western Kentucky University are inviting the public to snap photos of the dazzling phenomenon to gather data about the sun’s shape and internal structure.
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NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets Its Very Own Street
“SVA Way” was unveiled last week on East 23rd Street in Manhattan near the school’s long-running Gramercy Gallery.