Film
From Georges Méliès to Contemporary Sci-Fi, Short Films About the Information Age
Flaherty NYC's spring streaming program brings together a series of shorts on how humans navigate digital environments.
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Opinion
The Asian American Community at UC Berkeley Takes a Stand
There is a century-long history of political mobilization by students of color on campus.
Interview
Hanif Abdurraqib on Black Performance and the Joy of Writing his New Book
The poet talks to Hyperallergic about A Little Devil in America and the process behind his new music podcast, Object of Sound.
News
Before and After Photographs of 5Pointz Mural Site Show a Bleak Transformation
See how a historic monument to graffiti art was unrecognizably transformed into a luxury high rise with the personality of a sad hotel lobby.
Film
A New Lunchtime Screening Series Delves Into Our Environmental Crisis
Throughout April, Mishkin Gallery’s Critical Ecology on Film will gather artists, academics, and filmmakers for urgent screenings and conversations.
News
LA Forces Unhoused Residents From Echo Park, Leaving Behind Community Art Project and Garden
City councilman Mitch O'Farrell abruptly closed the park for renovations, displacing residents with little notice.
Podcast
After Decades of Selling New Media Art, Gallerist Steven Sacks Offers His Take on NFTs
Bitforms gallery has been on the cutting edge of digital art for decades, so what does its founder think about NFTs?
Art
Massive Lego Kingdoms That Defy the Cultural Erasure of Africa’s Medieval Civilizations
In an ongoing series of Lego-made sculptures, Ekow Nimako imagines the legacies of past sub-Saharan civilizations into the distant future.
Art
With David Hammons, Meaning and Process Hold Hands
In Hammons’s body prints, the veteran artist melds method, intention, and significance.
Books
New Hokusai Graphic Biography Shares Stories from His Extraordinary Life
At the age of 44, Hokusai took on an amazing challenge: a giant portrait of the founder of Zen Buddhism.
Art
How Artists Used the Discord App to Build Community During COVID-19
As more artists and arts organizations join the platform initially populated by gamers, they have capitalized on Discord’s potential for creation and play.
Art
Tracing the Pop Culture Zombie Myth to Haitian Folklore
In sculptures made of sugar, salt, and glass, Sula Bermúdez-Silverman explores the colonial undertones of monster movie imagery.