Book Review
Why Isn’t Slavery Depicted in Dutch Painting?
Netherlandish art is remarkably coy about the whole colonial endeavor. A new book seeks to uncover those connections.
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Book Review
Why Isn’t Slavery Depicted in Dutch Painting?
Netherlandish art is remarkably coy about the whole colonial endeavor. A new book seeks to uncover those connections.
News
Works by Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse Enter the Public Domain
A wealth of art and literature, from the work of Robert Capa to Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, is now available for public access in the US and elsewhere.
News
Works by Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse Enter the Public Domain
A wealth of art and literature, from the work of Robert Capa to Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, is now available for public access in the US and elsewhere.
Art
Art World Dos and Don'ts for 2025
Hyperallergic editors round up the trends and habits we hope will be left behind in 2024 — and those we want to embrace more fully in the new year.
Art
The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2024 Edition
Our annual list recognizes and celebrates those in our community who are left in the shadows of the powerful.
Art
Ai Weiwei Knocks Down the Building Blocks of Empire
His toy-brick masterpieces are tributes to anyone terrorized and brutalized by the world’s great powers and their proxies.
Art
Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Winter Solstice
Winter is a time to slow down and store energy — you’ll need it for more energetic days to come.
Film
The Return Is a Shabby CliffsNotes Version of the Odyssey
Homer’s Odysseus is complicated and playful — a man who has suffered, and is changed. Pasolini’s Odysseus squints, and occasionally flexes.
Book Review
Why Don’t We Talk About Race in Fairy Tales?
Characters in fairy tales “are white not by chance, but by design,” Kimberly J. Lau writes in a new book.
Art
The Best Memes of 2024
From a chronically moisturized baby hippo to Trump’s bloody ear and the glorification of Luigi Mangione, nothing was off limits this year.
News
Art Therapists on the Frontlines of Trauma Struggle for Recognition
Advocates are pushing for legislation that would make the practice more financially feasible for both clients and aspiring providers.