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Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Skillfully Flips the Script of Art History
In A Countervailing Theory, her current exhibition at the Barbican Centre, Ojih Odutola’s alternative histories take on a more epic, mythic scale.
Félix Fénéon: Critic, Collector, Anarchist
What is the relationship between Félix Fénéon’s politics and the art he admired?
What Would Famous Artworks Look Like in Times of Social Distancing?
Hyperallergic took works by some of our favorite artists and reimagined what they would look like during these, um, sparsely populated times.
The Oldest Drawing of Venice Has Been Discovered
The drawing, discovered by Dr. Sandra Toffolo, was made by Niccolò da Poggibonsi during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from Italy in 1346-1350.
Putting the Art Back in Art History
Christopher S. Wood’s A History of Art History will be eye-opening for anyone who cares about art.
Utah Schoolteacher Fired for Showing Postcards of Nude Paintings in Art Class
Apparently some parents think paintings by Ingres, Modigliani, and Boucher are “pornography.”
Become an Art Detective and Unravel the Mysteries of the UK’s Public Collections
Art Detective is an initiative from Art UK that involves specialists and the public in solving mysteries about the public collections paintings in the UK.
You’re a Medici. Can You Support the Renaissance’s Best Artists, or Will You Be Exiled?
ARTé: Mecenas from Triseum is a game on the economies of art, set in the tumultuous Italian Renaissance, in which you are a Medici patron.
Conserving America’s Longest Painting, a 19th-Century Whaling Panorama
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is working to put the 1,275-foot “Whaling Voyage Round the World” panorama back on view.
The Transformative Influence of Alchemy on Art
Rather than an occult secret, alchemy is revealed in The Art of Alchemy at the Getty Center to be a prominent force in everything from medicine to color.