Guide
Hyperallergic Spring 2026 New York Art Guide
The gleeful subversiveness of Duchamp at MoMA, the first major US show on Raphael at The Met, and exhibitions on spirituality, the body, fashion, and more.
New York
News
Curator Diya Vij Named NYC Culture Commissioner
The veteran art worker is a “visionary and deeply thoughtful leader,” said Mayor Mamdani.
Feature
Finding God at the Brooklyn Museum
The Ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” turned me into a believer. We talked to the curators and conservators to learn how it came to be.
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Announcement
Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April
The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking.
Feature
A Tour Inside the NY Botanical Garden’s Trippy Orchid Show
Classic city scenes become floral fantasies in this year’s pop-timistic iteration of the park’s iconic annual show.
New York Newsletter
Snow Day in the Art World
From Helene Schjerfbeck to Glenn Ligon, here’s what to read — and where to go when the snow clears.
Feature
How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia
Fia Backström explores this nexus of environmental degradation, disaster capitalism, and intergenerational poverty through embodied, compassionate, and durational research.
News
Winter Storm Brings Art to a Halt in NYC
Museums across the city and the area will remain closed today.
Art Review
A Cold Plunge Into Glenn Ligon’s Blue
New works exemplify a line of inquiry central to the artist’s practice: How might language and color merge to birth figuration?
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Announcement
Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Returns to Powerhouse Arts This Spring
Over 50 exhibitors, hands-on programming, and a juried print exhibition make up the fair’s expanded second edition. April 9–12, 2026.
News
Brooklyn Navy Yard Evicts Drone Manufacturer After Months of Protests
Though listed as a “fine art and photography” business, Easy Aerial contracts with Customs and Border Protection and the Israeli military, activists long flagged.
Art Review
The Self-Invention of Helene Schjerfbeck
The Finnish artist’s first major exhibition in the US is a moving and harrowing document of her growth, as well as the psychic and physical ravages of aging.