In Brief
You Better Be a “Meister” If You Want to Start a Business in Germany
The German parliament voted that trade workers in 12 professions will once again need a Meisterpflicht, or master craftsperson certificate, to start a business.
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Film
How Bible Salesmen Paved the Way for Capitalism to Devour Evangelicalism
The classic documentary Salesman, which turned 50 this year, presaged our current age of megachurches and Christian influencers.
Film
The Crowded, Lonely World of Live Streaming
A wave of documentaries from China, including Present.Perfect and People's Republic of Desire, follow the lives of popular streamers.
Books
The Complex History of Yellow, a “Mediocre” Color
Considering the evidence of yellow’s constant fluctuation in and out of favor, it is curious to see author Michel Pastoureau wonder if it could be “the color of the future.”
Art
A Project Salvages and Installs No-Cost Payphones to Revive a Fading Technology
Karl Anderson founded Futel to salvage no-pay phones, that enable callers to make free outgoing calls or to interact with operators and record messages.
News
Hart Island Cemetery Will Be Reincarnated as a Public Space
Historically, the island — the world’s largest tax-funded cemetery — has operated under the purview of the Department of Corrections, which pays Rikers Island inmates $1 an hour to handle the area’s many bodies.
Art
The Story of Charles Ethan Porter, an African American Still-Life Painter
Porter’s struggle, and the ensuing invisibility of his work, are as much a part of his story as his masterful paintings that dignify humble everyday objects.
Film
The Exuberant, Meditative New Little Women
The latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, uncovers new textures for its iconic characters.
Interview
Deconstructing Colonial Cinema with Ethnographic Fiction
Experimental filmmaker Laura Huertas Millán talks to Hyperallergic about challenging the standard modes of exoticism, ethnography, and anthropology.
Books
The Restless Mind of Giorgio de Chirico
The symbolism that runs through much of de Chirico’s visual art is also apparent in his poetry.
Art
Celebrating the Hispano Folk Music Traditions of New Mexico
In their Hispanic Heritage Wing, Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art tells multilayered stories of music and performance in northern New Mexico.
Podcast
Hyperallergic Picks Their Favorite Holiday Movie Classics
Film editor Dan Schindel joins Editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian to discuss why we love holiday films, and other Hyperallergic staff share their faves.