Art Review
The Self-Fashioning of the Black Dandy
The Met’s exhibition expands Black fashion history by centering ordinary individuals and their dress practices.
Features
An Archive of Lesbian History Right in the Heart of Brooklyn
Nestled between brownstones near Prospect Park, the Lesbian Herstory Archives houses the world’s largest selection of materials by and for anyone who identifies with the word.
News
NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Unveils Arts Platform
The city comptroller’s eight-page culture plan includes a program for doctors to “prescribe” art and the creation of a deputy mayor position for the sector.
News
Trump Says He Fired National Portrait Gallery Director Over DEI Support
Kim Sajet had been in the role since 2013, when she was appointed by President Obama to lead the Smithsonian institution.
Art Review
Joiri Minaya Upends the Allure of Exoticization
The artist’s performance reflects the evolution of its garden site from starkly colonial origins to a different type of cultural cross-pollination.
Community
Required Reading
This week: archiving BLM protest art, Walt Whitman selfies, the legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, being Black at art school, hummingbird evolution, and much more.
Features
Tamara Lanier on Her Historic Victory Against Harvard University
In the aftermath of the school’s agreement to relinquish the daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors, Lanier spoke to Hyperallergic about her protracted battle for justice and a new home for the photographs.
Art Review
How to Get a Read on Rashid Johnson
There is much reading going on in A Poem for Deep Thinkers at the Guggenheim, but I wonder where the apprehended knowledge shows up.
Opinion
A New Banksy Mural Is a Beacon of Nope
The anonymous artist’s latest may have a personal touch, but it’s still another installment in what feels like a series of works stifled by surveillance and media fatigue.
Community
A View From the Easel
“When the spirit moves me and the work goes well, I dance.”