Art
Genieve Figgis Paints High Society as a Spectacle of Humor and Horror
Figgis's musings on bourgeois decadence feel particularly canny in a time of widespread inequality.
New York
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The Frenzied Cacophony of Adam Pendleton
For the artist, history doesn’t simply settle for repeating itself but jolts forward, stammers, pauses for breath, weaves around itself.
Art
The Double Consciousness of Being a Chinese Woman Living in America
Fei Li knows that achieving rapprochement between the world views and customs of China and America is unlikely.
Art
At Queens’s Noguchi Museum, Banners by Asian Artists Address Racism
Chemin Hsiao, winner of the museum's Open Call for Artist Banners, and runners-up Woomin Kim and Mo Kong discuss their designs with Hyperallergic.
Art
Dread Scott Celebrates a Long-forgotten Rebellion as a Moment of Resilience
Merging past and present Scott magnifies what has been reduced in American history to a plaque on a highway.
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Artist-led Flux Factory Purchased Its Longtime Home, and a New Venue in Queens
The nonprofit, best known for its offbeat programming, has launched a fundraiser to cover startup expenses for the new space.
News
Frida Kahlo Portrait Hammers at $31 Million, Shatters Records for Latin American Art
The sale of “Diego y yo” (1949) skyrocketed past Kahlo’s previous auction record, $8 million.
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Art
The Coexistence of Beauty and Evocations of Race and Power
"Behold" here, in this exhibition, is an invitation to see the intertwining of aesthetic concerns and the rigors of political and historical exploration.
Art
Forgivable Lies, Three Painters Keep You Guessing
In a psychological context, confabulation refers to obvious falsehoods invented by individuals to fill gaps in their memory. In art it’s more nuanced.
Art
Addie Wagenknecht’s Fraying of America
In her solo exhibition, the artist creates an installation that is many things but unified is not one of them.
Art
A Cameroonian Artist Explores the Ambazonian Fight for Post-colonial Freedom
In his Afro-Expressionist paintings and installations, Adjani Okpu-Egbe ruminates on native resistance in Cameroon and the colonial propaganda promoted in mainstream media.