News
Cop Admits to Playing Copyrighted Music to Keep Activist Recording off Youtube
During a recorded conversation with activists, an officer began backing the conversation with the sounds of Taylor Swift.
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Interview
Beth B on No Wave, Lydia Lunch, and “Speaking the Unspeakable”
“You don’t need corporate validation or Hollywood validation to do something,” the pioneering No Wave filmmaker explains.
Opinion
Welcome to the Museum of the Future
As a class, we spent a semester talking about museums without being able to visit a single one. Could this inability allow us to imagine different kinds of museums?
Film
The Forgotten “Black Woodstock” of 1969
Summer of Soul, Questlove’s directorial debut, seeks to resurrect the memory of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a vital touchstone of Black music.
Film
The Double-Crosses Don’t Stop Coming in the Noir Throwback No Sudden Move
Set in 1954 Detroit, Steven Soderbergh’s latest caper flick critiques capitalism and institutional racism as effortlessly as it piles on the twists.
News
Artists Demand Release of Dissident Artist Detained in Cuba
Over 140 artists and intellectuals including Tania Bruguera and Katherine Bisquet have voiced their support for Hamlet Lavastida.
News
Salary Survey Shows Widening Income Disparities at US Museums
The recent survey by the Association of Art Museum Directors demonstrates a wide income gap between top officials and other workers.
News
Two Hyperallergic Editors Among Recipients of Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism
Editors Jasmine Weber and John Yau are among the recipients of the prestigious award.
Opportunities
Opportunities in July 2021
From residencies and juried exhibitions to grants and awards, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for this month.
News
Week in Review: NYC Halts Essential Workers Monument; Polish Politicians Target LGBTQ Artist-Activists
Also, artist-activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested at a protest against media corruption, and more.
Film
No Wave Musician Lydia Lunch Gets Her Due
Beth B’s biographical documentary The War is Never Over has a DIY sensibility befitting the No Wave performer.
Art
Veronica Ryan’s Botanical Musings on Migration
For the Montserrat-born artist, seeds are both a metaphor for and a physical continuation of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.