News
Palm Springs Takes a Stance Against Desert X Biennial's Partnership With Saudi Arabia
The Palm Springs City Council worried that sponsorship would be read as implicit approval of the biennial’s partnership with Saudi Arabia.
Featured
News
Citing Epstein Ties, Dartmouth Community Calls for School to Rename Leon Black Arts Center
Alumni and students are calling for Dartmouth to rename the Black Family Visual Arts Center following revelations of Black’s financial ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Art
Angela Dufresne Tells a Different Story
I cannot think of another narrative painter as expansive, surprising, funny, unsettling, tender, wacky, challenging, theatrical, and radically imaginative as Angela Dufresne.
Art
Artists, Writers, and Curators Share Pro-tips for Boundary Setting
On the benefits of an auto-email responder, access riders, and, most importantly, moving more slowly.
News
Indianapolis Museum of Art President Resigns After Facing Backlash for Offensive Job Posting
Thousands called for Charles L. Venable’s removal after the museum posted a job listing which mentioned “maintaining the Museum’s traditional, core, white art audience.”
News
1,500+ Call for Museum President’s Removal After Job Posting Cites “Core, White Art Audience”
An offensive job description seeking a new director for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields drew ire from artists, IMA patrons, and former and current museum workers.
News
Guggenheim Signs Contract With Union After a Year of Tense Negotiations
The three-year collective bargaining agreement represents the museum’s art handlers and facilities staff: 22 full-time employees and 145 on-call staff.
Film
The Truth About the Black Panther Party, Beyond the History of Misinformation
A new biopic of Fred Hampton has put the Panthers back in the spotlight. Learn more about them with these documentaries.
Books
The Story of Women Artists in Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy
W.A.R. existed for a brief yet prolific period, from 1969 to 1971, igniting a robust movement against New York City’s art industry.
Film
Michael Rakowitz's Recreations of Art Taken From Iraq
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Art21's Haunting the West, a short film about Rakowitz’s artistic efforts to end the marginalization of West Asian art and history.
News
An AR App Wants to Correct the Scarcity of Monuments to Historical Leaders of Color
Movers and Shakers' new app allows you to insert monumental figures of under-recognized icons like Shirley Chisholm and Toussaint Louverture into public spaces.
Art
Behind the Mask: Photographers Reflect on Black Vulnerability
We Wear the Mask treads a fine line between opacity and revealing truth in its rawest form.