News
Protesters Decry Chinatown Museum’s Acceptance of “Jail Money” at Town Hall
Leaders of New York’s Museum of Chinese failed to persuade protesters that a $35 million grant from the city was not tied to the construction of a borough jail.
New York
Art Review
Beyond the Myth of Chico da Silva
Presenting da Silva with Amazonian artists of different generations undermines the Western notion of the artist as an isolated genius.
News
Artists Sue NYC Gallery The Hole for Nonpayment
The suit filed by Daniel Um and Nastaran Shahbazi concerns nearly $50,000 in payments allegedly owed to the artists.
Art Review
SVA Grads Make Art out of History’s Rubble
The Art Practice MFA thesis exhibition rewrites what came before, pushing back against harmful systems and inventing better ways of living together.
News
New Museum's Shiny New Building Leaks During Flash Floods
No artworks were harmed, but extreme weather shuttered the Lower Manhattan museum for a full weekend.
Art Review
The Sunflower Effect of Kyung-Me
The artist’s current series marks a shift in her practice, evoking the life span of a sunflower — from blooming to dying, from sharply defined forms to rivulets of dissolution.
Art Review
Trevor Winkfield’s Cheerfully Sinister Worlds
His rejection of certainty is an urgent reminder that imagination should not be neglected in the pursuit of art.
News
Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatally Stabbing NYC Vogue Dancer
Dmitriy Popov killed the Black gay dancer O'Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station in 2023 in a homophobic hate crime.
News
Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online
“God gave me permission,” Sergio Furnari, the NYC sculptor behind the design, told Hyperallergic about his unsanctioned and widely decried work.
News
Manhattan DA’s Office Returns Three Antiquities to Mexico
The office’s sixth repatriation to the nation included a Nayarit sculpture seized from The Met and an Aztec stone previously possessed by a convicted antiquities trafficker.
Art Review
Contending With Fashion Photography's Artifice
Lillian Bassman spent decades crafting commercial images. After leaving the industry, she was finally free to experiment in the darkroom.
Feature
How the Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem Nurtured Generations
Nearly six decades since its founding, the legacy of the beloved program is explored in an exhibition at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery.