Art Review
James Bidgood’s Dreamy Homoerotica
Best known for his cult film, Pink Narcissus, Bidgood’s 1960s photographs of men as mythological figures are equally alluring.
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Another Awkward MLK Sculpture Draws Mixed Responses
The 11-foot bronze unveiled in Winter Park, Florida, has been described as a "caricature" of the civil rights leader that “just doesn’t look like him.”
Books
This Is Not the Real Geronimo
Elbridge Ayer Burbank’s haunting paintings of the Apache leader capture a likeness that was only ever real from the vantage point of a White man with a gun, canvas, or camera.
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Sub-versive DC Protester Becomes Memeorable
Tributes to the “hero with a hero” who flung a Subway sandwich at a federal agent have emerged across the nation’s capital and online.
Art Review
Agnès Varda’s Photographic Odes to Queer Paris
Varda spent much of her 20s photographing the queer community of Montparnasse, where she shared a life, home, and creative practice with sculptor Valentine Schlegel.
Features
Art and Resilience Aligned at This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival
The festival’s 92 films from around the globe showcased cinema as a tool for experimentation, liberation, and resistance.
In Brief
Silky Headphone Covers Give You Verm-ears
Produced by the Mauritshuis museum and Casetify, the $184 covers are inspired by “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”
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Hyperallergic Fall 2025 New York Art Guide
Your comprehensive guide to this season’s major exhibitions and art events around the city.
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LA Museum Condemns US Border Patrol Presence on Its Grounds
“We are outraged and deeply distressed,” said the Japanese American National Museum, noting the “stark” parallels to the arrests of Japanese Americans on the site in 1942.
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School of Visual Arts Quietly Lays Off Staff
The faculty union estimates approximately 30 workers were impacted, but the school has not released a statement confirming numbers.
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This week: the death of Brat Summer, the problem with The Gilded Age, intersex activism, drunk architecture, and can we finally say “like” now?