Opinion

How Museums and NFTs Might Find Common Ground

Museums’ narrow approach to embracing digital art and technologies reinforces the perception within the NFT art community that legacy institutions like museums are elitist and antiquated.

Books

How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions

With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations.

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Announcement

Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October

The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli.

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Announcement

University at Buffalo Art Galleries Presents Heather Hart: Afrotecture (Re)Collection

On view through May 21, 2022, Hart’s new work "Sweet Lorraine" re-creates the historic motel balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

Art

Pulling the Caribbean into Conceptual Focus

Six artists provide distinct ways of seeing the Caribbean in its proper orientation.

Art

Philip Guston’s Unblinking Eye

I cannot think of another American artist who went as far as Guston did without a safety net.

Art

Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art

Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.

Art

Neglected 20th-Century Women Photographers Begin to Get Their Due

The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative.

Art

A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair and Maya Angelou’s Papers Are Among NYPL’s Treasures

The exhibition, on view for the next 75 years, features 250 rare items from the library's collection.

Opinion

How the Art Writing Program at SVA Thrived for 16 Years

Making a place where critical thinking was at the center of everything was bound to be an uphill battle.

Interview

A New Documentary Explores the Life of Unheralded Civil Rights Activist Pauli Murray

Filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen talk to Hyperallergic about Murray’s archives and holding themselves accountable as white women biographing a Black figure.

News

Photographer Captures Built-Up Pandemic Waste Polluting the Seas

Şebnem Coşkun is among the winners of the Nature Conservancy's 2021 photo contest, featuring images of landscape, wildlife, people, and water.