In Memoriam
Remembering David Hockney, Duane Michals, and Danny Simmons
This week, we honor a painter who made the everyday otherworldly, a poet-photographer, and a champion of Black artists.
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Adorable Duck Family Steals Hearts at Frick Museum
What the Frick? More like what the duck!
News
Russian Dissident Artist Killed in Poland
Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was reportedly shot after protesting near the Russian Embassy in Berlin.
Daily Newsletter
Artist Claire Valdez Is Ready for Congress
The New York State assembly member talks politics and painting in a Hyperallergic interview.
Interview
Claire Valdez Wants to Be Your Artist in Congress
The New York State assemblywoman, who is running for a seat in the House of Representatives, spoke with Hyperallergic about her life as a painter, political origin story, and big plans for Washington.
News
House Proposes Slashing Major Arts Education Grant
The program has awarded millions in grants for organizations serving families living below local poverty lines.
Feature
Kaleidoscopic Subway Mosaics Celebrate Flatbush’s Theater History
At the Church Avenue station, Christopher Myers’s glass-tiled panels explore the rich legacy of vaudeville and Afro-Caribbean carnival culture.
New York Newsletter
City of Champions
If the Knicks can do it, any of us can. Plus, must-see shows around NYC this summer: Orientalism, Pope.L, Sonia Boyce, and more.
News
Whitney Names New Director of Independent Study Program
Soyoung Yoon’s appointment comes after the museum canceled a Palestine-related performance and suspended the program for a year.
Art Review
“Helter Skelter” Can’t Look America in the Eye
Nancy Spector’s curation cannot face the racial implications of Richard Prince and Arthur Jafa’s work.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Summer
Demetri Broxton beads an ancestral path, Mildred Howard gets an overdue retrospective, 14 galleries share one space, Diedrick Brackens tends a garden, and more.
Daily Newsletter
Julie Mehretu’s Advice to Young Artists
The artist's stirring commencement speech at RISD, the best art shows in NYC this summer, and can you really have friendships in the art world?