Art Review
A Blockbuster Take on Ovid’s “Metamorphosis”
The Rijksmuseum exhibition raises questions about gender, sexuality, and transformation that it is not prepared to answer.
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Daily Newsletter
Dance Your Way to the Museum
The benefits of rave culture, Genesis P-Orridge's subversive mail art, Jean Shin’s memorial to the trees of a New York cemetery, and more.
Feature
Jean Shin’s Living Memorial to the Trees of Green-Wood Cemetery
Inspired by Korean funerary practices, the artist's new works examine how ritual and reflection mark the cycles of time.
News
Mexico to Divert Train Route After Cave Art Discovery
Archaeologists found 16 drawings and petroglyphs along the route of a forthcoming high-speed passenger train.
Art Review
Jule Korneffel Finds Meaning at the End of Light
Her paintings compress Roman mythology, Italian Renaissance paintings, color relationships, and that moment before disappearance.
Books Newsletter
Ai Weiwei Wrote the Book on Censorship
Plus, inside a Black Panther family album, predatory art-world relationships, and the unknown Qing Dynasty trade portraitists.
Art Review
Leonardo Madriz’s Monuments to the Precarity of Now
His sculptures are a striking metaphor for the fragile equilibrium of American life.
News
Genesis P-Orridge’s Subversive Mail Art Goes on View
The late artist’s submissions to General Idea in the 1970s are the subject of a focused exhibition at Art Metropole in Toronto.
Opinion
The Future of Museums Is a Dance Floor
The rave offers a temporary homeland, a space where belonging is felt rather than declared.
Daily Newsletter
Joan Semmel Kicks Ass at 93
An intimate profile of the body painter, Hungary's art world post-Orbán, and Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury's life amid war.
Weekly Newsletter
Art Talk With Rama Duwaji
The artist and NYC first lady in an exclusive interview, LACMA's stunning new building, Trump plays Christ, and much more.
Interview
Tania El Khoury’s Soothing “Revenge Art”
The Lebanese artist and Bard College professor spoke with Hyperallergic about her recent projects and precarious life under bombardment in Beirut.