Guide
Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Whether it’s Hilma af Klint finding the soul in nature or a new perspective on chinoiserie at The Met, the shows below are about seeing things differently.
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Art Review
Ecological Art That’s Literally Alive
The artworks in Spora, unfolding over three years at the Swiss Institute, linger in the mind, its interconnections multiplying like spores.
Crosswords
The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: July 2025
What do Henri Matisse, Hilma af Klint, and the Venice Biennale have in common?
News
Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument
Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in 2023 in an anti-Muslim hate crime, is remembered in a new sculpture in his hometown.
Art Review
When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants
Her Nature Studies invoke the promise of something greater, a direct line from the material world to the spiritual experience that art is presumed to offer.
Art Review
A God’s-Eye-View of Earth’s Destruction
Edward Burtynsky's photographs once offered a prescient vision of large-scale anthropogenic changes; now, they feel more and more like a pretext for aesthetic dazzle.
News
Massive Mural of Ashamed Statue of Liberty Emerges in France
Dutch street artist Judith de Leeuw said she created the piece in response to the United States’s cruel immigration policies.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This July
Gerard Wagner’s metaphysical landscapes, Michelle Silver’s thundering abstract frenzy, a group exhibition of Chinese women artists, and more.
Art Review
The Sensual Irreverence of Milly Thompson
Throughout her work, we see women attempting to free themselves from the entanglements of patriarchy.
Book Review
The Fraught Rapture of Seeing Other Women Onscreen
Feminist film scholar Lori Jo Marso redresses misconceptions of the gendered gaze, parsing through the lessons we can learn from our exhilaration and unease.
News
Chaco Canyon in Danger Under Trump Administration
As Republicans attempt to repeal federal land protections surrounding the site and others, New Mexico lawmakers and tribal leaders are calling for their enforcement.
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New Meta AI Feature Raises Photo Privacy Concerns
Facebook is asking users to grant access to their camera roll, though the company denies that it is using the images to train AI technology.