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Tiffany’s Wants You to Think It Inspired a Blue Basquiat Painting

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 24, 2021August 25, 2021

As Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s ad for Tiffany’s stirs up controversy, some question the company’s suggestion that the blue hue of Basquiat’s painting was inspired by the brand.

Posted inFilm

Beyoncé’s Black is King, a Black American Vision of the African Continent

by Jourdain Searles August 10, 2020November 5, 2020

Though produced in collaboration with creatives from around the globe, there’s an unmistakable feeling that the film is meant more for Black Americans than the wider African diaspora.

Posted inArt

The Best Films of the Decade

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 23, 2019June 29, 2020

The landscape of cinema has changed immeasurably in just 10 years. These 25 picks show how.

Posted inArt

Best of 2019: Our Top 12 Documentaries and Experimental Films

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 17, 2019February 25, 2020

Our favorite experimental and/or nonfiction movies of 2019, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.

Posted inFilm

In Homecoming, Beyoncé Makes Beychella Personal

Avatar photo by Zoe Guy May 2, 2019November 18, 2021

The megastar has directed a film about her already-legendary Coachella performance, incorporating it into her ongoing project exploring Black cultural and intellectual history.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z in a gallery at the Louvre
Posted inOpinion

Can Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Video Change Perceptions of Who Belongs in Museums?

Avatar photo by Lise Ragbir June 28, 2018June 17, 2020

The “Apeshit” video is important because people of color rarely have the opportunity to claim such spaces, but it also perpetuates the dangerous notion that art is a luxury.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z in front of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in the video for "Apeshit" (all screenshots by the author via YouTube)
Posted inIn Brief

Beyoncé and Jay-Z Return to the Louvre in New Music Video, Picking the Greatest Hits

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 18, 2018

But the pop music royals stick to the museum’s main attractions in “Apeshit.”

Beyoncé wearing the ‘Papillon’ ring designed by Glenn Spiro (photo by Jay-Z)
Posted inIn Brief

Beyoncé Donates Bejeweled Butterfly Ring to Victoria & Albert Museum

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 11, 2018May 11, 2018

The superstar’s scintillating Glenn Spiro ‘Papillon’ ring is now on view in the V&A’s jewelry galleries.

Posted inComics

Five Rejected Ideas for Coachella Art Installations

by Jack Sjogren April 19, 2018April 20, 2018

This year’s edition of the California festival features dazzling large-scale artworks, but some spectacular ideas didn’t make the cut.

Posted inIn Brief

Presenting “Brie-oncé,” a Cheese Sculpture of Beyoncé

by Claire Voon March 31, 2017March 31, 2017

A sculpture of the singer made from 45 pounds of cheddar was recently unveiled in London.

Posted inArt

Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photos Cast Her as a Venus for the Black Diaspora

by John Bowles February 10, 2017February 22, 2017

Embracing and reinterpreting cultural traditions from which black people have historically been excluded, Awol Erizku reimagines Beyoncé into an idealization that has typically been reserved for white women.

Posted inMusic

How Do Rock Heroes Sing?: Beyoncé, Rihanna, and the Megastar Vocal Style

Avatar photo by Lucas Fagen September 17, 2016September 16, 2016

The relevant split isn’t rock vs. pop (both are “pop” artists) but expressive vs. functional, always the key distinction in how pop music presents itself.

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