Film
The Cinematic Time Loops of Shahram Mokri
A new box set of four of the Iranian director’s features offers a great opportunity to get to know his singular style.
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Art
L.A. Memo Paints a Dynamic Picture of Chicana/o Art
It’s not a “greatest hits” show, or a comprehensive survey; rather, it is a starting point to reconsider an expansive vision of Chicana/o art.
Art
A Spotlight on Navajo Filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe
“I’m focused on contemporary Native American stories, the modern-day ups and downs of that lifestyle, but I’m not trying to do it in a traditional manner,” the award-winning filmmaker told Hyperallergic in an interview.
News
Jenny Holzer Responds to Roe v. Wade Overturn With Blistering NFT
The Tweet comparing an ominous screen capture from the Tucker Carlson Show to one of Holzer's Truisms is being sold as an NFT to benefit crucial organizations in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
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Cuba Sentences Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara to Five Years in Prison
Rapper Maykel “Osorbo” Pérez was sentenced to nine years.
Art
Let's Make Noise for Abortion Rights
On the day of the Supreme Court’s decision to undo 50 years of constitutional rights to abortion, artist Elana Mann's “protest rattles” feel especially poignant and urgent.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Title IX celebrates 50 years, the trouble with pronouns, a writer’s hilarious response to plagiarism allegations, and much more.
Art
A Brief History of Women's Eyebrows in Art
Since antiquity, women’s eyebrows have been sites of intense scrutiny, constantly shifting between trend cycles.
Art
Asian Women and Nonbinary Artists Paint Their Major Feelings
A landmark show of 30 artists at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in New York keeps the category of Asian figuration open-ended.
Art
Alison Hall's Hypnotic Paintings Invite Slow Looking
Hall makes no attempt to entice the viewer to begin looking and to look again, letting her methodical craft compel viewers to reflect upon their experience.
Art
Lynda Benglis Basks in the Light of Her Art
In Benglis's latest works, the forces of gravity that defined her seminal poured latex and polyurethane pieces are traded for luminous bronzes.
Books
The Disappearing Queer Spaces of the Harlem Renaissance
A new project by Columbia’s Queer Students of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation explores queer histories that have been suppressed by gentrification and urban development.