Art
Art’s Conventional Signifiers Are No Longer Useful
Pratt’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features immersive presentations that transcend the parameters of traditional painting.
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Books
An Insightful Look Into the Lives of Women Over 50
The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty is a celebration of the strength and insight of women from across the world.
Art
Captivating Highlights From the 2022 Venice Biennale
Writer and curator Laura Raicovich shares her favorite works from the exhibition and moments of elevation during her Campari-fueled trip to Venice.
News
An Online Platform Spans Millennia of South Asian Art
With over 2,000 entries, the new MAP Encyclopedia of Art aims to make the region’s art history accessible to all.
News
Pompeii Heats Up With a New Exhibition of Erotic Art
The show encompasses 70 works from the archeological site’s vast troves, including the famous "Leda and the Swan" fresco recovered in 2018.
Podcast
Tamara Lanier's Fight for the Photographs of Her Enslaved Ancestors at Harvard
In this episode of the Hyperallergic podcast, Lanier talks about her continuing quest for justice that includes the return of the daguerreotypes depicting her enslaved ancestors.
News
Seattle Art Museum Guards Are Trying to Unionize, But It Hasn’t Been Easy
Some workers at the museum say they’ve experienced “aggressive union-busting tactics” since organizing.
Art
The Beauty of the Ephemeral World
Whereas the creators of landscape abstractions generally believed their paintings were impervious to time, Lucy Mullican makes artworks that are exposed and susceptible.
Opinion
Decades After Philadelphia’s MOVE Bombing, Penn Museum Still Keeps Secrets on the Remains of 12-Year-Old Girl
"Delisha’s mother, Janet Africa, deserves to know where her child’s sacred remains are."
News
Public Art Decreases Traffic Accidents by 17%, Report Finds
Art makes streets safer by “increasing visibility of pedestrian spaces and crosswalks” and “encouraging drivers to slow down.”
News
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Personal Art Collection Is Up for Auction
A Josef Albers screenprint, ceramics by Picasso, and contemporary Indigenous artworks are all going under the hammer
News
Creative Sectors Made Up Nearly a Quarter of California’s Economy in 2020
Some sectors thrived, like architecture, which added 670,000 jobs, but others lagged behind, Otis College’s new report finds.