At the heart of What if the Matriarchy Was Here All Along? is the idea that matriarchy never really died but rather has transformed.
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Elon Musk’s Strange Twitter Still Life
What does it mean when the world’s richest person trolls us?
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Paintings of Half-Submerged Animals Foretell an Unsettling Future
Lisa Ericson renders her real-world subjects beautifully, but the situations in which we find them are uncanny, menacing, and unexpected.
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Talking Sex Work With Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova
Hyperallergic sat down with the Russian feminist icon for a conversation about art, activism, and how they converge in her OnlyFans sex work.
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Your Go-To Guide to LA Museum Restaurants
We bring you the scoop on eight dining options across LA’s cultural institutions, and it’s not all avocado toast.
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Announcing the Recipients of the 2022-23 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators
Angelina Lippert, Kelli Morgan, Dakota Noot, Beya Othmani, and Sadaf Padder are the recipients of this year’s fellowship.
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Layoffs of Senior Staff Throw Canada’s National Gallery Into Turmoil
Greg A. Hill, a senior curator of Indigenous art, was among the top officials who lost their jobs.
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The Largely Unknown Story of Women, Abstract Expressionism, and Texas
Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West uncovers the little-known stories of professional and creative gains in the region, and especially in the Texas Panhandle.
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Art Problems: Difficult Dealers, Difficult Art
It’s hard to leave a gallery, and it can be even harder to stay and deal with your dealer. Paddy Johnson weighs in.
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Iranian Artists Criticize Berlin Museum’s Display of Shirin Neshat Banner
Some have questioned whether Neshat’s famous images of women wearing the hijab represent the struggles of Iranian women today.
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What Ha Chong-Hyun’s Painting Confirmed for Me
In his monochrome paintings, Ha Chong-Hyun recognizes that no matter how much we claim to reveal, something will still remain hidden.