Books
These Photographs Were Made in Protest
The camera became the center of Chauncey Hare's life, and a tool for awakening his political consciousness.
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Art
Rumors About Death of the Bay Area Art Scene Are Greatly Exaggerated
Local artists and curators took issue with a New York Times report announcing the demise of the local art scene in light of the departure of two blue-chip galleries.
Art
Bushwick Open Studios Returned, But the Artists Didn't Know
Several artists told Hyperallergic that they had to learn about the event just a day before it opened.
Art
Artists Find Inspiration in Uncertainty at Arts in Bushwick
Every artwork at Arts in Bushwick seemed to be in dialogue with the uncertainty and unpredictability of the moment.
News
Psychiatrists in Brussels Can Now “Prescribe” Museum Visits to Patients
The six-month pilot program will evaluate the impact of art and cultural institutions on mental health and well-being.
News
Seeking a Union Election, Workers Sue Walters Art Museum
The museum refused a Freedom of Information request, stating that it is a private entity and therefore not subject to the MPIA.
News
Artist Says High Line Hotel Staffers "Barged" Into Room and Racially Profiled Him
Kahlil Robert Irving alleges that a hotel manager and his associate, both White, trespassed on his room during his stay and proceeded to verbally assault him.
News
Pioneer Works Backs Out of Controversial Queens Development
Following a campaign by artists and anti-gentrification groups, the Brooklyn arts center is no longer endorsing the Astoria luxury tower project.
Interview
Michelle Agins on Perseverance and Photographing Martin Luther King
The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
Art
In Salt Lake City, Air Is a Concern and an Artistic Medium
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts presents artworks that make visible the quality and inequality of what we breathe.
Art
Jean Shin Wants to Change the Tide of Pollution and Extinction
The artist’s Freshwater installation at Philadelphia Contemporary features a living, breathing fountain, mussels and all.
Art
Alberto Aguilar Becomes the National Museum of Mexican Art
What’s an artifact, what’s an artwork, what’s a prop, what’s decoration, what’s disposable — these are questions that Aguilar has taken up with great enthusiasm.