Art Review
Transforming Sites of Violence, One Stitch at a Time
Photographer Spandita Malik invited nine women in North India to embroider their own portraits, reclaiming domestic spaces as liberated havens for their inner worlds.
New York
Art Review
Kenny Nguyen’s Beautiful Refusal
People of color are often called upon to perform their identities, but Nguyen’s lush tapestries largely avoid that trap.
Art Review
Stanley Rosen’s Love-Hate Relationship With Alligators
Consistent throughout Rosen's unglazed alligator sculptures is his ambition to connect the shaping of clay with prehistoric visions.
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Announcement
Cornell University MFA ’25 Presents Even the Phrase Each Other
On view through May 31 at Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, the exhibition explores themes of death, distance, and desire.
Art Review
The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition
These contemporary interpretations acknowledge artistic roots while building new forms, and each work opens up portals into other lineages.
News
Eric Adams Calls for Artists to Design “Chinatown Welcome Gateway”
Critics have questioned the city’s plan to work with art blocks away from the site of a future Manhattan jail.
Features
When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC’s Underground
With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions.
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Announcement
Taiwanese American Arts Council Presents Eco Art on Island
Join TAAC on Governors Island for a series of exhibitions and programs in which artists, curators, medical professionals, and environmental experts respond to island ecologies.
News
What Do Visitors Think of Thomas J. Price’s Times Square Sculpture?
Hyperallergic set out to hear from people seeing the artwork onsite, and their thoughts were considerably different from the online discourse.
Art Review
The Unexpected Beauty of Detritus
Through his art, Yuji Agematsu brings reverence and discipline to this job of living, and acknowledges each human’s durational condition.
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News
Why Is For Freedoms Designing Art for a New Brooklyn Jail? [UPDATED]
The collective proposed a series of works for the controversial Borough-Based Jails project, which has received pushback from artists and organizers.
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Announcement
Lehman College Art Gallery Presents 2025 Thesis Exhibition
This year’s show features art by MFA, MA, and BFA students working across a variety of disciplines. On view May 17–28 in the Bronx.