Features
Kinetic Artist Susumu Shingu’s Gentle Message for the World
A new exhibition at the Japan Society in NYC will center the sculptor’s animated artworks, maquettes, and inspiring sense of gratitude for the miracle of being alive.
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Art Review
Marisol Was Nobody’s It Girl
A retrospective rescues aspects of her career from her long-running reputation as “glamorous girl artist,” including her politics, humor, and sense of self.
News
Louvre Museum Shutters as “Exhausted” Staff Go on Strike
The unplanned work stoppage closed the museum for hours on Monday, leaving visitors waiting in long lines.
Guide
20 Must-See Art Shows in New York City This Summer
Our list of long-running museum and noncommercial exhibitions includes John Singer Sargent, Jane Austen, Lorna Simpson, and so many more.
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Museum Visitors Sit on and Crush “Van Gogh Chair”
The responsible individuals are shown fleeing the scene in what the Palazzo Maffei’s director called “any museum’s nightmare.”
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Joel Shapiro, Sculptor of Emotive Figures, Dies at 83
The artist transcended the boundaries of Minimalism with his monumental quasi-abstract works resembling stick figures in motion.
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Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: June 2025
Ed Ruscha’s canned meat paintings, Manhattan cruising and art sites, and more.
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Cosmetics Billionaire and Arts Patron Leonard Lauder Dies at 92
Lauder, who gifted his collection of Cubist works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, faced criticism for his family’s political affiliations and support of Israel.
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Photos Capture Millions Marching in Epic "No Kings" Protests
Artists and photographers immortalized the moment, countering the normalization of state violence with a clear picture of dissent.
Art Review
Ali Banisadr Paints a World in Calamity
Banisadr makes images that are relentless in their toiling motion — he paints as if bedlam is foundational to the world.
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Preserving the Age-Old Art of Malaysian Shadow Puppetry
In the north of the country, Wayang kulit Kelantan is being revitalized through contemporary storytelling and the long-overdue inclusion of women.
Book Review
If the US-Mexico Border Could Talk
Echoes from the Borderlands, which transcribes a sound installation tracing the border, insists on the land’s inextricability from the history to which it bears witness.