Art
A Poignant Meditation on the Dance Marathon
Grace and elegance abound in Kambui Olujimi’s paintings on the phenomenon of the dance marathon, but so too do rugged drama and discomfort.
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Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: December 2023
From stolen brass instruments to Bronze Age gender-bending sculpture, this month's mini art crossword packs a lot in a compact grid.
Art
Bio Artists Face an Uncertain Future
The shuttering of SymbioticA, the world’s first bio arts laboratory, sends many practitioners back to square one when it comes to securing funding for their work.
News
Artist Richard Hunt, Maestro of Metal Sculpture, Dead at 88
The first Black artist appointed to the National Council on the Arts, Hunt is celebrated for public works rooted in civil rights and the natural world.
News
“Extraordinary” 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Found Near Colosseum
Studded with precious glass, shells, minerals, and blue Egyptian tesserae, the mosaic was unearthed by archaeologists in what was once a wealthy townhome.
News
A Museum Uses Art to Prepare Future Doctors for End-of-Life Care
At the University of Virginia’s Fralin Museum of Art, curators and students engage in conversations about end-of-life care through the lens of art history.
Art
The Wildest Art Stories of 2023
Extraordinary discoveries, rogue tourists, and moments of institutional failure and abuse of power defined a topsy-turvy year in visual culture.
Art
The Impurities of Pure Abstraction
David Diao uses Barnett Newman as a sounding board to explore his own fascination with the artist and the contradictory legacies of modernism.
Film
Anselm’s Sweeping Vision Obscures the Political
What does it mean for a film addressing overtly political themes to remain apolitical?
News
Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange
Each paper flower represented a Palestinian life lost since October 7.
News
Met Museum to Return 16 Looted Khmer Artifacts
The works, linked with infamous antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, will be repatriated to Cambodia and Thailand.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.