Art
When Scandinavia Was a Hotbed of Black American Culture
Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century zeroes in on a far less charted corner of Black history than that of expats to Paris: the artists who ventured north.
Featured
Art
The Battle Between Halloween and Reformation Day
Launched on October 31, 1517, the Protestant Reformation broke not just with the Catholic Church but with all that’s dark and demonic, wanton and witchy.
News
After 47 Years in Midtown, Marian Goodman Gallery Goes Downtown
The Manhattan gallery’s move may be Tribeca’s most anticipated opening of the year and could mark an inflection point for the neighborhood.
Interview
The Woman Who Launched the Japanese #MeToo Movement Tells Her Story
“I wanted to question power,” Shiori Ito told Hyperallergic regarding her new documentary. “The system was always the focus.
Art
Meet the People Cultivating the Indigenous Art of Puppetry
The inaugural Indigenous Puppetry Institute saw the convening of contemporary practitioners of a form practiced for centuries.
Art
For Yoshitomo Nara, Home Is Where Unease Is
The artist’s work revolves around the notion of displacement, some of it cultural, much of it the broader angst and rebellion of adolescence.
Opinion
How Do We Haitian?
Despite the venom Trump and Vance direct toward our community, Haitians are not the impoverished, alien invaders they want us to be.
Art
David Baker’s Paintings About Seeing
He has taken appropriation art, which often consists of commonplace acts of citation, quotation, and parody, and set it in a new direction.
Art
Manny Vega Tells the Stories of El Barrio
The artist created many mosaics and murals around East Harlem in celebration of important figures in Puerto Rican and Latinx communities.
Art
Six New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
As mid-October rolls around we’re enjoying some serious and not-so-serious art by Carrie Mae Weems, Mala Iqbal, Lady Shalamar Montague, and others.
Art
The Feminist Multiverse of Chitra Ganesh’s Art
There are boundless ways to interpret the artist’s works, each populated with fierce femmes and curious chimera, and layered with symbols.
News
What Makes a Successful Museum Land Acknowledgment?
Some Indigenous scholars have come to regard the standard land acknowledgment as “hollow” and “not enough.”