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Turning Trauma Into Images of Power and Celebration
Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s photographs transform a series of traumatic events into empathetic energy. His new book, Harlem, takes that human connection further.
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At the Venice Biennale, Shu Lea Cheang Surveils the Surveillance System
In the first solo exhibition by a woman artist representing Taiwan at the Venice Biennale, Cheang questions the legal and visual regimes that have shaped sexual and gender norms over time.
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"A Constant Striving for Self-Liberation": Curator Julie Ault on Nancy Spero
At MoMA PS1, Spero’s work is presented with current political and cultural contexts in mind.
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The Spirits that Haunt the Words of Edgar Heap of Birds
Hyperallergic sat down with Edgar Heap of Birds to discuss his current exhibition at MoMA PS1.
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Dance that Searches for Beauty and Fights For it
In our talk, the artistic duo of Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya discuss how they achieved Frantic Beauty's unique engagement with the audience's visual, aural, olfactory, and touch sensibilities.
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The Experimental Cinema of This Year's Whitney Biennial Film Curator
Director Sky Hopinka talks to Hyperallergic about depicting language and landscape in his shorts.
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Learn How New Emoji Are Created
The directors of the documentary Picture Character talk about getting inside the emoji-making process.
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Beer with a Painter: Judy Glantzman
“Although I think authorship is questionable, I am interested in inventing my own language.”
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Photographer Nydia Blas and Her “Black Feminine Lens”
In spaces where many seek to center experiences of the overlooked, Blas begins by challenging why we’re all looking in the first place.
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A New Documentary Restores the Legacy of Alice Guy-Blaché, One of the First Filmmakers Ever
Director Pamela B. Green talks about the eight years she spent making Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché and how that journey was both a creative endeavor and archival mission.
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Claire Denis on Black Holes, Olafur Eliasson, and the Making of High Life
"This movie is about things we know today about our own galaxy. It's not an unknown future. It's almost here."
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Cultural Identity Seen Through the Politics of Thread
For her project, photographer Alia Ali communicated with textile artists who live in communities whose borders have been marked “by imprints of power and scars of destruction.”