Art
A Wily French Artist Refreshes and Reinvigorates Giacometti
Our Rooms, a small but striking cross-gender and cross-generational show, successfully pairs Annette Messager's work with Alberto Giacometti's at the new, intimate Giacometti Institute.
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Art
Best of 2018: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows
Here are our favorite Brooklyn shows of 2018, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.
Art
In Dubai, an Exhibition Probes the Oil Industry’s Impact on Middle Eastern Society
In the Jameel Arts Centre's inaugural exhibit, 17 artists explore how the discovery of oil in the Arab region has both harmed and benefited the people living there.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Crazy Rich Asians flops at the box office in China, artists are quitting Instagram, an LA mural sparks debate, and more.
Art
The Multiple Personae in Edward Burne-Jones's Paintings
The Pre-Raphaelite artist mixed horror and decadence to create a feeling of unnaturalness.
Art
The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg
Guston and Steinberg are unclassifiable figures who satirized political figures, artists, poseurs, and American consumerism.
Art
Mark Grotjahn Checks All the Boxes
One or two of the paintings in Grotjahn's latest show might be interesting to look at, but a giant gallery space full of them becomes overbearing and tedious.
Opinion
The Whitney's Dilemma
The Whitney has not had the moral courage to reject support from a benefactor who generated his wealth in socially irresponsible ways.
Art
Me and Bobby Mueller
Turn the screw, Bob, align our spine.
Performance
Peter Brook's Meditation on Guilt
The Prisoner conjures a timelessness that recalls Waiting for Godot.
Art
Making American Labor Visible Again
Though officially outlawed in 1865, the de facto continuation of slavery remains a repulsive American secret.
Art
Hoarding and Spending at Art Basel Miami Beach
After Safariland, if you need to convince yourself that the art world isn’t entirely in money’s thrall, you’d want to be anywhere but here.