Art
Witnessing & Curating the Art of Bessie Harvey
Join Hyperallergic for an online conversation with curator Frederica Simmons on February 15 at 7pm (EST).
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Interview
The Gift of Humanity in Bessie Harvey's Art, an Interview With Faye Harvey Dean
The collective wisdom that she acquired through the diasporic Black American experience of womanhood allowed her to recall her value and humanity, which she poured into her art.
Art
The Beastliness of Bacon
Bacon was obsessed by animals lifelong. Rawness. Beastliness. Fearsomeness. The way they lived. The way they died. The way they preyed upon each other.
Art
“Creative Seeing” in the Paintings of Elmer Bischoff and Tom Burckhardt
Bischoff and Burckhardt questioned assumptions and conventions regarding abstraction and how we apprehend it. In fact, their questioning is what makes this a fruitful pairing.
Books
Édouard Glissant Sought to Undermine the European Ideological Underpinnings of Colonization
In conversations with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Glissant proposed an Art Museum of the Americas.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the racist depictions in the US Capitol, fictional truths and conspiracy theories, the evolving relationship of celebrities and NFTs, "black passing," and much more.
News
Bored Security Guard Accused of Doodling on Avant-Garde Painting
Jeepers, creepers, we know exactly how this painting got those peepers.
News
An Exquisite Riddle Book and Thousands of Works By Black Artists At the Met Library
In July 2020, the museum’s research library began expanding its representation of African American creators, leading to the Index of African American Artists.
News
Does a New Adidas Ad Co-Opt the Body Positivity Movement?
A campaign for the company’s sports bras featuring rows of bare breasts is causing a stir on Twitter.
Art
A New Standard for Uplifting Black Narratives Through Conscious Curation
When the memory of the past and the potential of the future we long to see converge to meet us here, which direction do we turn?
Art
Brenda Goodman's Fearless Self-Portraits
While I have seen Goodman's self-portraits numerous times, the unlikely combination of raw pathos and tenderness always stops me in my tracks.
Art
A Painter Takes a Collaborative Approach to the Portrait
Gisela McDaniel captures the voices and memories of her sitters and offers them the opportunity to narrate their own histories.