Art
Redefining Identity Through Artists' Books
The works at Center for Book Arts embrace a wide spectrum of emotions and subjectivities outside of White-centric definitions of what an “American” is.
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Books
The Rise and Fall of Three Actresses
In Amanda Lee Koe's debut novel, the lives of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl are intertwined with changes in the world and with one another.
Art
Catching Up with Taiwanese Art
We in America have some idea of what is going in art in China, Japan, and South Korea, but we seem to know almost nothing about contemporary Taiwanese art.
News
UMB Bank Responds to Report Regarding $130 Million Lawsuit to Keep ICE Detainees in Prison
| The bank, which is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center, has responded to Hyperallergic's report with an official statement. Read the full story and statement here [https://hyperallergic.com/514677/wyatt-detention-center/].
In Brief
World Spent $8 Billion on New Cultural Institutions in 2018, Report Says
North America leads in the number of newly completed or announced art museums and other cultural projects, but Asia is catching up with the world's costliest constructions.
In Brief
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Unveils a Series of Green New Deal Art Posters
The posters promote the congresswoman's environmental plan with WPA-style lithographs highlighting monuments from Queens and the Bronx in New York City.
Art
Decode This New Video Game's Story Using Surveillance Footage
The new game Telling Lies turns players into detectives, having them sort through surveillance footage to understand what to look for and find the truth.
Film
Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for the Tour of My First Film
| Cinema Guild and MEMORY have partnered to take My First Film, the hybrid film / performance / artist talk by Zia Anger, on tour across the US and Europe in fall 2019. Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of a new trailer for the film. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/499482/
Art
Grappling With the Final Stages of a Father's Life
Aneta Bartos seeks to capture the surreal space of memory, blurring real and imagined worlds in order to represent that which is beyond fact or fiction.
Film
The Dark Crystal Is a Marvelously Imaginative Puppet Series
The Netflix prequel series to the 1982 Jim Henson film faithfully embodies both the craft and spirit of the original.
News
This Program Gives NYC Art Teachers Free Supplies for the New School Year
Materials for the Arts in Long Island City hosts its fifth annual Back to School Shopping Spree initiative, offering art teachers in public schools reusable items for their classes as an alternative to bearing the cost of art supplies.
News
Week in Review: Nan Goldin Arrested at Protest, Artists Protest at Hudson Yards
Also, an artist is building a cemetery and a memorial in Tunisia for migrants who have died in the Mediterranean Sea, some of the photographs claiming to depict the Amazon rainforest fire are fake, and more.