Art
Forgivable Lies, Three Painters Keep You Guessing
In a psychological context, confabulation refers to obvious falsehoods invented by individuals to fill gaps in their memory. In art it’s more nuanced.
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Art
Addie Wagenknecht’s Fraying of America
In her solo exhibition, the artist creates an installation that is many things but unified is not one of them.
Art
A Cameroonian Artist Explores the Ambazonian Fight for Post-colonial Freedom
In his Afro-Expressionist paintings and installations, Adjani Okpu-Egbe ruminates on native resistance in Cameroon and the colonial propaganda promoted in mainstream media.
Opinion
An Exhibition That Lets You Smell and Taste the Beauty in the Paintings
Bagh-e Hind began with the question: Is it possible to recontextualize historical South Asian paintings and objects through lyrical, olfactory interpretations?
Interview
Six Men Try to Heal Their Trauma with Groundbreaking Collaborative Filmmaking
Hyperallergic speaks to director Robert Greene and three survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests about their new film Procession.
Film
It’s Pete Buttigieg’s Turn to Get a Fawning, Uncritical Documentary
Mayor Pete tries to make the case for the bland presidential candidate whom few voted for as some kind of gamechanger.
Art
After Disappearing for Decades, a van Gogh Watercolor Sold Under Duress and Then Stolen by Nazis May Fetch $30M
The heirs of two Jewish collectors, one who sold the work to fund his escape from Germany, and another who had the artwork stolen by the Nazis, will receive financial restitution from the Christie’s sale.
News
London’s National Gallery Identifies 67 Museum Patrons Connected to Slavery
A new report by the museum names the "art collectors, connoisseurs, donors, and founders of museums and galleries across Britain" who benefitted from enslavement.
News
Smithsonian Takes Benin Bronzes Off Display, Considers Repatriation
The National Museum of African Art identified 16 objects from its collection with direct links to the British army’s 1897 punitive raid on the Kingdom of Benin.
News
Taíno Activists Gather at Christie’s to Protest Impending Sale of Indigenous Artifacts
A petition urging the artifacts to be repatriated to the Dominican Republic garnered over 41,000 signatures.
Art
Betsy Damon’s Pioneering Ecofeminist Practice
Curated by Monika Fabijanska, Betsy Damon — Passages: Rites and Rituals pulls Damon’s performance practice out from oblivion.
Art
The Control Over Women’s Bodies, Expressed in Porcelain, Rope, and Hair
Jennifer Ling Datchuk’s exhibition is filled with the haunting, rhythmic sounds of gently clattering porcelain.