Books
A Photographer's Journey Through the Lost Paradise of 1980s Florida
A Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs features Nathan Benn's early 1980s photographs of dreams and debauchery in the Sunshine State.
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Announcement
CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program Welcomes Theorist-in-Residence N. Katherine Hayles
N. Katherine Hayles will be giving two public lectures in the Los Angeles area in late January 2019 as a part of her tenure as Theorist in Residence.
Art
“Your Money Is Safe in Art”: How the Times-Sotheby Index Transformed the Art Market
In 1967, Geraldine Norman was tasked with leading an editorial collaboration between the London Times and Sotheby’s. The project galvanized the conceptualization of art as an investment asset.
Art
The Wide Span of John Berger’s Career in a New Biography
In honor of the book's release, this Saturday, Artbook at Hauser & Wirth will host a book signing and discussion between author Joshua Sperling and Hyperallergic editor Elisa Wouk Almino.
News
Ronald McDonald’s Crucifixion Triggers Protests at Israeli Museum
Freedom of speech advocates butt heads with institutions protecting the sanctity of religious imagery.
Art
Native Hawaiians Deconstruct the Misleading Narrative of Hawaii as Paradise
A mural by six Native Hawaiian contemporary artists serves as a counterpoint to the commercial imagery that has advertised the state as an exotic paradise.
Performance
Veterans of Both Sides of the Falklands War Put Together a Play
Performed by British and Argentinian veterans, Minefield excavates the unsettling violence and futility of the 1982 war.
News
Museum Advocacy Group Pens Open Letter Demanding Release of Imprisoned Turkish Philanthropist
Osman Kavala, a prominent cultural philanthropist and advocate for the country's Kurdish population, has been imprisoned since 2017 despite "no indictment against him.” CIMAM’s Museum Watch Committee calls this arrest a "violation of Turkey’s commitments to human rights."
In Brief
A Street Artist Hid Over $1,000 Worth of Bitcoin in Paris Mural, and Someone Found It
Who says looking at art doesn't pay? You just have to know where to look.
Books
The Trauma of War Reflected Inside the Cars of Veterans
In American Interiors, photographer M L Casteel examines the psychological repercussions of military service through the cars of veterans.
Announcement
Joan Jonas's They Come to Us without a Word at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
San Francisco's Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture will host the US Premiere of They Come to Us without a Word. On view through March 10, 2019.
News
Icons of Bronx History Are Honored in Rico Gatson's New York Subway Murals
Figures like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou's take center stage in the artist's new MTA mosaics for the 167th Street station.