Art
Apocalyptic Birdhouses Touch Down in NYC
Artist Paul Gagner’s sculptural avian dwellings offer an absurdist take on the core structures of small-town Americana.
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Whitney Museum Entrance Doused With Fake Blood
The guerilla protest coincided with a march for Gaza in Manhattan.
Film
The Silencing of Female Sexuality Champion Shere Hite
Director Nicole Newnham chronicles the rise, fall, and disappearance of the iconic feminist sexologist.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the movement to “decolonize” chocolate, Lorraine Hansberry’s little-known lesbian fiction, corporate accents, and much more.
Books
A History of Cats in Indian Art
In his final book, art historian B.N. Goswamy sketches a portrait of the Indian cat, drawing on Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim fables.
Film
Video Essays to Watch This Holiday Weekend
This month, we feature videos on criticism, artificial intelligence, social media, and more.
Film
AI Protections Prove Polarizing Among SAG Members
The strike has ended, but not everyone is satisfied with the tentative contract’s stipulations for the use of artificial intelligence in film and TV.
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Hyperallergic’s Art-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide
Find artful gifts for your friends and family at the Hyperallergic Store, where you can take 20% off all orders through November 27.
News
New York School Will Offer Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Professor and Cherokee Nation citizen Joseph Pierce will lead the cross-departmental, interdisciplinary initiative at Stony Brook University.
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UK Museum Reclassifies Roman Emperor as Trans Woman
Contemporaries of Emperor Elagabalus describe the ruler’s preference for being called “lady.”
Art
Jeremy Dennis Makes a Farce of White Guilt
Dennis’s exaggerated scenarios compel non-Indigenous viewers to confront racial dynamics that many people in the images choose not to see.
News
Russia Arrests Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova in Absentia
The artist faces an immediate two-month detention if she returns to her home country.