Guide
10 Art Shows to See in LA This Summer
The city comes alive this summer with insightful and fun art events, including Alice Neel, Keith Haring, Myrlande Constant, historic panoramas, and more.
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Richard Mayhew's Visionary Mindscapes
Mayhew has not been embraced by the art world because the trajectory he has pursued challenges the categories to which Black artists are consigned.
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Christ, Cocks, and All That Jazz
Like a page out of Sigmund Freud’s therapy notebook, all the main protagonists of Agata Słowak’s paintings are the artist herself.
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After Antisemitic Shooting, LA Neighborhood Gets a Hopeful Mural
Cloe Hakakian’s “The Common Thread" in Pico-Robertson is the first of five anti-hate murals commissioned by the LA County Commission on Human Relations.
News
Ancient Roman Tweezers Reveal Empire’s Aversion to Body Hair
A hair-raising display in the city of Wroxeter zeroes in on some of the painful yet enduring hair removal methods adopted by Roman society.
Interview
Turning the Kitchen Into an Art Studio With Tsohil Bhatia
The New York-based nonbinary artist talks about the unseen knowledge and processes behind domestic and food-based labor.
Art
The Power of Community at UCLA's Graduate Open Studios
UCLA's MFA students come across as decidedly extroverted in their interests, looking out into their communities for inspiration, rather than solely within.
Opinion
Why You Should Go See Hannah Gadsby's It's Pablo-matic
The male-dominated art establishment has always used Pablo Picasso's "genius" to marginalize women. On the 50th anniversary of his death, this is the only show to challenge that.
Interview
Pau Pescador Celebrates Safe Havens
The LA-based trans fem nonbinary artist shares insights on transition, intimacy, and being vulnerable.
News
Portugal Hospital Removes Artwork About Its Slavery Ties
Dori Nigro and Paulo Pinto’s work discusses the Centro Hospitalar Conde de Ferreira, funded in part by the trafficking of enslaved people from Angola to Brazil.
Interview
Photographer Frank Stewart Gets His First Museum Retrospective
Ahead of the exhibition, Hyperallergic spoke to the artist about his images of jazz musicians and everyday Black individuals in moments of closeness and stillness.
News
Hundreds Sign Petition in Support of Artist Shellyne Rodriguez
Scholars and artists accuse Hunter College and the School of Visual Arts of “craven hypocrisy” for firing Rodriguez as she faced vicious right-wing media attacks.