Books
Considering the Weight and Worth of Gold
Through a range of visual and poetic essays, Lisa Barnard’s The Canary and The Hammer offers a heady examination of our enduring fascination with the element.
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In Brief
Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Opioid Cases
The family will provide a $3 billion payout over seven years. However, the settlement does not include a statement of wrongdoing.
News
New Jersey is First in the US to Provide Arts Education For All Students
Each public school in the Garden State provides some type of arts instruction for students. However, their work "remains unfinished" as they continue to equalize opportunities for artistic instruction in "less affluent schools."
In Brief
Meow Wolf Violated Living Wage, Santa Fe Court Rules
The city ordered the immersive arts group to pay its former employees more than $17,500 for violating labor laws.
Announcement
Crossing Lines, Constructing Home on View at the Harvard Art Museums
Featuring more than 40 contemporary works created by international artists, the exhibition challenges accepted notions about migration. On view through January 5, 2020.
Art
Restaging 1970s Performances That Borrowed From Hollywood Melodrama
The Box is restaging three performances by Guy de Cointet, whose approach would influence fellow Angelenos like Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy.
Interview
A Conversation with Rose Issa, Champion of Artists From the Middle East
On the eve of her exhibition at the new Middle East Institute Gallery, Issa talks about her decades-long curatorial career, the shifting infrastructure for artists in the region, and the need for memory and archives.
Announcement
Get Your Studio Art MFA at UConn Studio, a Top 25 Research University
UConn’s MFA in Art supports art making across a broad range of studio media with an internationally recognized faculty, generous financial support, and new graduate studios.
Art
How Helen Frankenthaler’s Coastal Escapes Shaped Her Paintings
The summer hues of coastal Massachusetts deeply influenced Frankenthaler; its landscapes and seashores would become her muses for more than a decade.
Poetry
One Poem by Karthik Purushothaman
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Karthik Purushothaman for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
After Controversy, Disability Drag Show Brings Down the House
"Project [1]: Crossed Lines" demonstrated that performers are changing stereotypes about art and disability.
Books
Capturing the Timeless Drawings of Milein Cosman
Ines Schlenker’s illustrated biography, Milein Cosman: Capturing Time, proves Cosman’s importance both as an artist and as a chronicler of her period in artistic history.