Art
Playful Compositions Center the Margins of Photographs
In Iñaki Bonillas’ work, on view in his first solo show in New York, the margins of photographs shift from negative to positive space, becoming new images in their own right.
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A Beloved Alternative Video Store Reopens in Los Angeles
The new Vidiots will continue as a video rental store and also has plans to restore the Eagle Theatre to its original role as an independent cinema house.
Interview
"Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies
The veteran film editor speaks to Hyperallergic about her love of organization and her collaborations with Chantal Akerman.
Books
Pulling Birds Out of the Sky
Stephen Gill's new book of photographs, The Pillar, thrums with the spirit of birds, and demonstrates that without them, there is no land; without the birds, there are no pictures.
News
In Its First UK Action, PAIN Sackler Holds "Die-in" at the V&A
Warning of "toxic philanthropy," activists gathered in the museum's Sackler Courtyard, honoring the five people who die every day in the UK from opioid overdoses.
Performance
Kia LaBeija Shelters a Queer, Black Femme Story of Collective Liberation
The strength in LaBeija’s Performa debut comes from her ability to use Oskar Shlemmer’s Bauhaus ballet as an outline, while organically combining the talents of people in her community.
Art
Revisiting Watchmen and the Lessons We Have (and Haven’t) Learned From It
One of the defining texts of the superhero genre, the graphic novel also broke the genre in such a way that, after more than 30 years, it still hasn’t fully recovered.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the role of the artist in the age of Trump, LACMA's stalled fundraising, Kurt Vonnegut on making a living as a writer, trans lives and cancel culture, and more.
Art
In Memory of Gillian Jagger, Artist and Teacher
Gillian granted her students permission to be in love with the unpopular and unfashionable, to persist in spite of circumstance, to retreat if necessary, and to be boundlessly passionate.
Art
When Leonardo da Vinci Just Isn’t Enough
Leonardo’s “Virgin” meets virtual reality — simpleminded in the extreme.
Art
Artists Who Resist the Gaze of Collectors
Images by Kameelah Janan Rasheed and an exhibition curated by Sol Camacho avoided trendy visuals or themes at EXPO Chicago.
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Life-and-Death Paintings, From a Career Cut Short
“I’m strongly drawn to saintly artists. I mean people who believe that each brushstroke will save the world or will represent the suffering of humanity in the face of a sheep.”