Interview
Alfredo Jaar Is Still Trying to Change the World
Four decades after his Times Square artwork challenged the definition of America, the Chilean architect calls himself “a pessimist with my intellect and an optimist with my will.”
Interview
Interview
The Counterpublic Triennial’s New Kind of Public Space
“We think of our work as an invitation to do more, to take action, and to operate differently,” co-founder James McAnally told Hyperallergic.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Rina Banerjee
“When you give up that power to the paint, it becomes your partner, helping you to make something beautiful,” said the Bengali-American artist at her studio in Dumbo.
Interview
Shirley Tse and Dana Berman Duff's Breathing Moons
The artist duo — who go by "Relational" — explore the unseen forces that bind us to the universe.
Interview
Maori Karmael Holmes Looks Back on 15 Years of BlackStar
The Philadelphia film festival’s founder reflects on its evolution into a hub for experimental, polyphonic storytelling amid a rapidly changing country and world.
Interview
Simone Forti Talks Yoko Ono, Dance, and Aging in Never-Before-Published Interview
“I remember sitting with Yoko on a ledge on the PS1 roof and talking together comfortably,” said the late performance artist. “It was restful.”
Interview
Anna Boghiguian on Weaving Armenia
“The gift of being alive is developing a garden in oneself,” the Armenian-Egyptian artist told Hyperallergic, “and to move towards heaven.”
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Keltie Ferris
“I am playing with the building blocks of painting,” the artist told me at his studio in Woodstock, where he experiments with gestural compositions and monumental body prints.
Queer Elders
Carmelita Tropicana Was Born Out of the Closet
Hyperallergic spoke with artist Alina Troyano about lesbian performance in 1980s Lower East Side, satirizing stereotypes, and embodying her iconic alter ego.
Interview
The Ballroom Icon Who Paved a New Way
Amid all of the kitty-kat meow of today’s Vogue Fem performers, Andre Mizrahi Clark has the stern, calm energy of a lion tipping on its toes.
Queer Elders
Jack Halberstam’s Trans Theory at a Slant
Hyperallergic spoke with the scholar about transness, architecture, and how we can make a better world by first unmaking it.
Queer Elders
Ed Woodham in All the Odd Places
The beloved artist and public art champion discusses his work, activism, and queerness in an interview with Hyperallergic.