Books
When Artists Take the Law Into Their Own Hands
Novelist and scholar Yxta Maya Murray elucidates how the most rigorous critiques of the law often emerge from artistic practice.
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Art
David Hockney Celebrates His Renaissance Inspirations
The core message of visual analysis and close looking in Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look is an apt mantra for the National Gallery's history.
Art
Simone Leigh’s Monuments to the Black Femme
Leigh’s survey split between two Los Angeles venues demonstrates the futility in prescribing a definitive role to the Black feminine in a postcolonial world.
Art
Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Fall Equinox
Big and transformative energies are in the collective air as we enter into the coming months — be prepared.
News
New Conduct Guidelines at Barnard Met With Faculty Backlash
The list of prohibited activities effectively bans protest signage on the New York college campus, coming in the wake of last spring’s student-led Gaza solidarity demonstrations.
Art
How Lucas Cranach the Elder Went From Making Icons to Agitprop
The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther.
Art
The Unsung Labor of New York’s Henna Artists
“I don’t think many people see henna as an actual art or service that is in demand or valued,” said 29-year-old henna artist Sabeen Marghoob.
Opinion
Christian Art Wasn’t Always So Straight
Contrary to what tradwives might have you think, the church was once a safe haven from anti-queerness.
Art
A View of Asian Diaspora From Halfway Out
The Appearance at New York’s Americas Society succeeds in showcasing art by Asian artists in Latin America and the Caribbean without essentializing their identities.
Art
María Magdalena Campos-Pons Leads a Procession of Hope
With stops at sites of significance to Black and Cuban New Yorkers, the artist’s walking performance captures the essence of her practice: harnessing the collective toward a unified vision.
Books
18 Art Books to Read This Fall
Poems inspired by Hilma af Klint, a fictional account of Peggy Guggenheim’s life, and the first biography of Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine are among the titles we’re most excited about.
News
Joyce Kozloff’s Harvard Square Mural at Risk of Disappearing
Deteriorating conditions threaten the artist’s homage to regional history and feminist art in the Cambridge transit station.