Books
30 Years of the Guerrilla Girls’ Art and Advocacy
As the old saying goes, “If you can’t beat ’em, put on a Halloween mask and publicly indict their terrible record of human rights infractions.”
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Art
The Bioweapons of Culture War
The hope now is not for this to end well, but simply for it to end.
Art
The Crude, Exhilarating, Watery Worlds of Alfred Wallis
Wallis tore up the rule book and pointed a way forward for British painting.
Books
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Photostats Document Subjugation and Violence
The artist stretched constructs of authority and authorship to impel the viewer's awareness and participation.
Film
When Class Conflict Met Queer Romance
Ammonite tells a 19th-century love story that prompts less a tingle through the loins than a chill down the spine.
Music
Pop Noise Overkill
Big and loud music from Backxwash, Food House, Toriena, and Blackpink.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the racialization of painters' palettes, destruction concerns in Artsakh, why fascists like Dune, how Facebook didn't ban Holocaust deniers, elite panic, and more.
Podcast
John Yau, Jillian Steinhauer, and Others at Hyperallergic's First-ever Public Reading
This classic recording brings to life some of our favorite articles from 2015, and showcases the poetry of a few longtime Hyperallergic editors.
Art
“Hahahahahaha” Can Be No Laughing Matter on TikTok
How one South Asian popular song, which was recently popularized on TikTok, is raising questions about cultural appropriation online.
Art
On Twitter, Frogs Were Mostly Nazis, On TikTok, They’re Often Queer
How frogs, more recently seen as a symbol of hate on Twitter, are being queered by TikTok users.
Art
One Flew Over the TikTok Nest
A look at how some healthcare professionals on TikTok are using the platform to cultivate a healthy conversation about mental illness.
Opinion
Seeing the Bigger Picture on Public Memorials to Women
Recent works, including monuments to Mary Wollstonecraft and Medusa, demonstrate that it’s not that women have a problem with public monuments; it’s that public monuments have a problem with us.