News
In South Los Angeles, Art Is a Force for Community Empowerment
The Crenshaw Dairy Mart, Residency Art Gallery, and new community center Summaeverythang are part of a lineage dating back at least 50 years to the Black Arts Movement.
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Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in New York, Missouri, New Jersey, and Georgia.
News
Week in Review: One-third of US Museums May Never Reopen; MOCA Detroit Director Terminated
Also, Congress passed legislation to create the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, and more.
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Shop Hyperallergic for Art-Inspired Gifts and More
From a glass tray featuring Keith Haring’s “Crack is Wack” to a handkerchief by the Guerrilla Girls, check out Hyperallergic’s favorite new products and classic bestsellers.
Podcast
Why Would a Museum Display Skulls of Enslaved People in the First Place?
Students and activists are demanding the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum abolish a crania collection that was collected by a racist physician in the 19th century.
News
With a Convincing Parody Website, Artist Group Calls Out Pay Inequity at Guggenheim
The group Artists for Workers mimicked the visual language of the Guggenheim's official website to pressure the museum “to improve material conditions for workers and build solidarity among artists and arts workers."
Books
Peeling Back the Hidden, Colonial Layers of Museum Objects
With her recent book, Alice Procter shows us the things many museums hide, the parts of objects’ histories that aren’t warm and fuzzy (or flattering for the institutions that now hold them).
Art
In London, a Khadija Saye Installation Encourages Black Women to Take Up Space
Part of a larger public art project, the late artist’s installation encourages Black women to be seen, heard, and to live, especially in the face of despair.
In Brief
Researchers Used a Century-old Postcard to Determine Where van Gogh Made His Last Painting
Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Institut van Gogh, noticed a striking resemblance between van Gogh’s “Tree Roots” (1890) and a postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise, where the painter took his life.
Art
Photographs by NYC Teens Reflect on Home and Solitude During Pandemic
The young photographers in the Studio Museum's Expanding the Walls residency will debut their new works in an online show coinciding with the program’s 20th anniversary.
Interview
"The Maladjusted RULE!": A Conversation With Vaginal Davis
The intersectional nature of Davis’s commentary on Black feminism, sexuality, and the distinction between sex and gender has aged incredibly well — much like the artist herself.
News
A Lucky Duck Is Nesting on the Metropolitan Museum Roof
The museum is asking for help naming the newly arrived duck on Instagram, encouraging art-related suggestions.