Film
Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
COVID-19
Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Santa Fe, Santa Barbara, New York City, Ottawa, and Los Angeles.
News
Museum Directors Association Lifts Penalties on Museum Spending During Pandemic
The new resolutions do not grant institutions permission to access restricted funding sources, but museums who choose to do so will not be penalized by AAMD.
Podcast
What's Up With Museum Layoffs, Union Problems, and Untouchable Endowments?
As news of layoffs and furloughs continue, the Hyperallergic team takes a look at the issues of concern at museums and elsewhere.
In Brief
How Is Banksy Spending Quarantine? By Turning His Bathroom Into a Work of Art
Stuck at home, Banksy has painted his bathroom with his signature cheeky rats, toppling products and ruining his toilet.
Art
Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments
The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to look transparently at museum endowments and their limitations, and consider the need for alternative sources of support in the months to come.
Interview
Woman Creates an Art Gallery for Her Lizard With “American Gecko” and “The Birth of Gecko”
"Every pet deserves a cultural outing," says The Mayor's owner Jill Young.
Interview
Film Essayist Chloé Galibert-Laîné on the Careful Choreography of Desktop Cinema
Ahead of Galibert-Laîné’s debut at Images Festival, she talks to Hyperallergic about making video essays solely with a computer.
News
Meow Wolf Lays Off, Furloughs Over Half Its Staff
The experiential exhibition company, a major employer in the Santa Fe arts scene and subject of a number of lawsuits for its workplace conditions, announced staff changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Art
A Photo Project Helps Mitigate Patient Loneliness During COVID-19 Pandemic
Mary Beth Heffernan came up with the PPE Portrait Project during the Ebola outbreak and found that patients felt more connected to their providers if they could see their smiling faces.
News
Survey of US Arts Organizations Points to Devastating Losses During Pandemic
Based on its findings, Americans for the Arts estimates nearly $5 billion in losses across the US’s 120,492 arts nonprofits.
In Brief
Let's All Paws to Write Letters to the Lonely Garden Cats of a Museum
The resident kitties at Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum of Art, Perilla and Cleo, are all alone — you can write them a letter while the museum is closed, and get a reply.