Art
Craft Through This: Why Getting Together Online to Make Stuff Matters
With the scarcity of human contact, crafting offers a tactile and sensory experience, a different type of touch and connection.
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Introducing SOUND/STAGE, a New Media Initiative by the LA Philharmonic Developed Exclusively for Streaming
The online concert film series features music by Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and guest artists as well as poems, essays, and more.
Art
An Artist Probes Her Southern Lineage in Luminous Shades of Blue
Gathering hair, indigo, and artifacts from two South Carolina plantations, Adebunmi Gbadebo: A Dilemma of Inheritance considers the materiality of the past.
Art
How Celebrity Fandom Inspires Digital Feminist Curatorial Practice
Rea McNamara, the new Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellow for Curators, offers insight into the evolving world of curated online feminist spaces and what role they do and can play in our culture.
Film
A Sweeping Look at Chicago During Turbulent Times
The docuseries City So Real takes a deep dive into the city amidst last year's mayoral election and police brutality protests.
News
Week in Review: Baltimore Museum Halts Controversial Sale; Artist Projects Encourage Voter Turnout
Also, a postponed Philip Guston retrospective was advanced to 2022 instead of 2024, and more.
News
Sotheby’s Conceals Final Sale Price of Monumental Giacometti Sculpture
“Grande femme I” (1960), a spindly female figure cast in bronze, had a minimum bid of $90 million in a “sealed bid” private sale.
Film
How a City Government Works, According to Frederick Wiseman
The venerable documentarian's latest, City Hall, is an epic look at the workings of local civics in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Shop Hyperallergic for Art-Inspired Gifts and More
From socks featuring masterpieces from art history to a book by one of our favorite cartoonists, check out the new products and classic bestsellers in our online store.
News
Mexico Asks Vatican for Temporary Return of Ancient Indigenous Manuscripts
Ahead of the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has requested several manuscripts in the Vatican’s library.
Film
Spooky, Sensual, and Nostalgic Halloween Shorts
Amid the ups and downs of episodic horror, a few gems stick out from the rest in Hulu’s Bite-Size Halloween collection.
Comics
Imagining a World Where the Characters of Children’s Animation Are Black
The concern of who children will “identify with” has only applied to a select few.