News
Iranian Artists Criticize Berlin Museum’s Display of Shirin Neshat Banner
Some have questioned whether Neshat’s famous images of women wearing the hijab represent the struggles of Iranian women today.
Klaus Biesenbach
Books
A Peek Into Some of the Best Art Books of 2019
Paula Rego, John Ruskin, Donald Judd, Lucian Freud, Hokusai, and, yes, Leonardo da Vinci.
News
MOCA Employees Submit Union Cards to the National Labor Relations Board
Employees cited low wages relative to experience, lack of benefits, schedule instability, and high turnover as some of the reasons behind their decision to unionize.
In Brief
MOCA Los Angeles to Implement a Free Admission Policy
The shift will be funded with a $10 million donation from MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers, who says: "Charging admission is counterintuitive to art’s ability and purpose to connect, inspire, and heal people.”
News
MoMA PS1 Will Be Free for All New Yorkers for a Year
Starting on October 11, MoMA PS1 will be free for all New Yorkers for a year.
Opinion
False Facts and Anti-Curator Hysterics Won't Fix the Museum of Modern Art
I generally stay out of public arguments about the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I feel too close, yet I'm not an insider.
Opinion
Who's Really to Blame for MoMA's Björkgate?
On Tuesday, artnet News posted an article by Christian Viveros-Fauné with the attention-grabbing and self-explanatory title, “MoMA Curator Klaus Biesenbach Should Be Fired Over Björk Show Debacle.”
Art
A Simplistic Survey of Protest Art
Zero Tolerance at MoMA PS1 tackles an ambitiously broad subject: the intersection between protest and art.
Art
What Just Happened? The Björk Experience at MoMA
This morning, three Hyperallergic editors — Elisa Wouk Almino, Jillian Steinhauer, and Benjamin Sutton — ventured out to see the Museum of Modern Art’s latest foray into avant-garde pop star curating: Björk (an exhibition that needs no subtitle).
Art
Klaus Biesenbach #ArtTalk Recap
On Monday, a sold-out crowd turned out for our inaugural ArtTalk with Klaus Biesenbach. The event could not have been a more auspicious launch for the #ArtTalk series, with which we hope to host edifying speakers engaged with the world of visual culture in unique and provocative ways.
Art
Major New Multifaceted Exhibition Focuses on Ecology and Environmental Issues
The word "expo" conjures big visions: grand pavilions, ferris wheels, exotic exhibitions, a world's fair. But last Sunday, a different kind of expo opened at MoMA PS1, in Long Island City, Queens — Expo 1: New York, the latest curatorial effort of the institution's director, Klaus Biesenbach. It's n
Art
Klaus Biesenbach to Speak at Hyperallergic's Debut ArtTalk on Mon May 20
Announcing an exciting new series, Hyperallergic ArtTalk. Starting Monday, May 20, Hyperallergic will invite a leading voice to spark discussion, debate, and further action about an evolving idea or project that they are passionate about in the world of art. Our inaugural event will feature Klaus Bi