Poetry
Two Poems by Kirsten Ihns
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Kirsten Ihns for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
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Art
Jim Woodring, Ariel Schrag, and Julie Doucet Among Headliners at Comic Arts Brooklyn
Comic Arts Brooklyn returns to the Pratt Institute for a full day of panels, interviews, and more.
Art
Only Art World Insiders Get These Jokes
Knock Knock throws art viewers into the weird situation of laughing at the overspecialization of our language in that language, deriding the exclusivity of in-jokes with further in-jokes
News
Anti-BP Protesters Sip Oily Champagne in Satirical Performance at the British Museum
Performers dressed as BP employees sipped oil-contaminated champagne, and protesters displayed facts about BP's exploitation of Iraqi resources.
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A VR Experience Offers a First-Person View of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike
I Am A Man by Derek Ham is a VR interactive story set in 1968 Memphis that puts you in the shoes of a striking sanitation worker.
Art
Giant Prisms Shine Their Multicolored Light on a Pasadena Park
The art and science AxS Festival culminates with a collaboration between artist Liliane Lijn and UC Berkeley astrophysicist John Vallerga.
Comics
How to Make the Most of Election Day
Talk to the people next to you in line (they're your neighbors, after all).
Film
In Cam, a Webcam Model’s Persona Takes on a Mind of Its Own
Former sex worker Isa Mazzei's much-hyped new horror film asks what you would do if the self you presented online became its own independent being.
Art
Rubin Museum Hosts a Night of Tibetan Storytelling
The Rubin Museum of Art will host a night of spiritual Tibetan storytelling, followed by a guided "treasure map tour" of the galleries.
Announcement
92Y Presents its Fifth Annual Ceramics Studio Sale
Shop unique stoneware and support 92Y's non-profit School of the Arts.
Books
Examining the Suspended Present of Beirut's Cultural Geography
Judith Naeff argues that Beirut exists in a prolonged state of “protracted ‘presentness’ with limited access to past and future” — specifically, a prolonged state of precarity.
Art
The New Menil Drawing Institute Is Perfect for a Medium So Intimate
The building, which opened this past weekend, appears to mirror the experimental, process-driven practice of drawing.