Art
Painter Immortalizes the Crowds at Rijksmusem’s Sold-Out Vermeer Show
Joe Fig’s Vermeer Contemplations series captures museum attendees closely engaging with the Dutch master’s work.
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Film
Recreating Nellie Mae Rowe’s Dreamlike World
A documentary screening in NYC this week combines animation, interviews, and archival material to tell the self-taught artist’s fascinating story.
Art
An Indigenous Modernist Artist Finally Gets Her Due
An exhibition at The Met celebrates the work of self-taught artist Mary Sully, who neither exhibited nor profited from her work during her lifetime.
Art
Brenda Goodman Paints the Pain of Being Human
Her figures are in a state of unrelenting grief about what it means to be human and to feel powerless about so much that happens to ourselves and others.
Art
The Gilded and Flamboyant Life of Sascha Brastoff
In a time when queerness was taboo, the artist built a career on style, camp, and influential connections.
Art
Incarcerated Artists Get a Stage for Artistic Expression
Co-curated by Jeremy Deller and John Costi, No Comment is an exhibition of artworks created in criminal justice settings, entries to the 2024 annual Koestler award.
Art
A Guide to Sri Lanka’s Diverse Art Spaces
A birthplace of the country’s Modernist movement, the rural estate of a queer icon, incubators for young artists, and other art spaces to pay attention to.
Crosswords
Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: November 2024
Ernie Bushmiller’s beloved comic, looted bronze sculptures, the iconic designer in The Incredibles, and more.
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Hone Your Artistic Development With a 2025 Residency at Banff Centre
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RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Now Enrolling for Summer 2025
Rhode Island School of Design offers in-person and online opportunities for teens to develop as artists and individuals.
Book Review
A Photographer’s Unflinching Hymn to Her Aging Body
Rosalind Fox Solomon forged her way as an artist at 53. With remarkable self-knowledge, A Woman I Once Knew lays out her nonagenarian life story.
News
Turkey’s Queer Art Community Walks a Thin Line
Amid the country’s ongoing crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, queer artists and curators are caught between creative resistance and self-censorship.