Art
The Calm and Controversy of 12 Horses in an Art Gallery
For a gallery with 12 horses and a line of visitors stretching out the door, Gavin Brown's enterprise is exceptionally hushed.
Animals
Art
The Nutty Squirrel That Dressed in Drag
"You can't be friends with a squirrel — a squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit," Sarah Jessica Parker once quipped. Obviously she had never encountered Tommy Tucker.
Art
An Online Sanctuary for 30 Endangered Species
Designer Bryan James was inspired to create the online project "In Pieces" as a "reminder of the beauty we are on the verge of losing as every moment passes."
Books
A Heartbreaking Archive of Missing Pet Posters
Taped around telephone poles and pinned to message boards, the homemade missing pet poster is an enduring form of public communication in an era when just about every other type of transmission is going digital.
Art
All of Audubon's 'Birds of America' in One High-Resolution Flock
This digital version of Birds of America draws you back into Audubon’s world while emphasizing the need for conservation today.
Art
Unwrapping the Ancient Egyptian Practice of Animal Mummification
Millions of animal mummies — some elaborately dressed, others plainly wrapped — were buried by ancient Egyptians and the exact reason for the death ritual is an ongoing archaeological mystery.
Books
The Mouse, an Unexpected and Enduring Art Muse
As one of the most common mammals on our planet, the diminutive mouse has been scurrying its way into art for centuries. The rodent has now finally received its own art compendium with Lorna Owen's Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art, out next week from Monacelli Press.
Books
The Beauty of Function in Creatures' Constructions
From the tiny harvest mouse twisting a humble home of blades of grass, to the lofty fields of compass termite towers appearing like relics of some ancient world, the structures of the animal kingdom are astounding in their complexity of forms. Nature photographer Ingo Arndt dedicated two years of tr
Art
Art School Animals
Viewing living anatomy is an essential component of many art educations, but rare are the classes where this extends beyond humans.
Opinion
Man in Bear, Birds in Coffee Shop
As Hyperallergic's self-appointed cat correspondent, I feel an occasional duty to branch out and offer you more from the always colorful intersection of art and animals. Turns out it's a good week for that. Today: a man living inside a bear carcass and a coffee shop for birds — both of which are bei
Art
Designing Safer Antlers for Finland's Reindeers
Would this spooky reindeer that seems to have transported from some unearthly netherworld stop you in your tracks?
News
To Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade, You Have to Stop the Art
China's destruction of some 6.1 tons of seized ivory earlier this month may have seemed like a small dent in a country where around 70% of the illegal trade is concentrated, but it was an encouraging sway in the right direction.