Your 2025 Art World Wrapped
Hyperallergic's year in art, remembering architect Frank Gehry, and Tewa Pueblo artists on the myth of "O'Keeffe Country."
Spotify Wrapped this, Apple Music Replay that ... let's give the people what they really want: a recap of your year in the art world, warts and all. How many gallery newsletters did you unsubscribe from? How many times did you use the term "radical" during a crit? Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar has the answers you seek, and maybe some you don't, in our second annual Art World Wrapped.
Earth’s Symphony: Paintings by Rita Blitt
Blitt’s most recent works connect with the natural world through line, movement, and color. On view at the Leedy Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri, through February 27.
News
- Remembering Frank Gehry: The celebrated architect, whose projects include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, passed away on Friday at 96.
- Resale Royalties: After years of advocacy, Canadian visual artists may be one step closer to receiving a cut of secondary sales of their work.
- Lipstick Blues: Yale removed a beloved Claes Oldenburg sculpture created in 1969, the same year women were first admitted to the university.
- British Digs: Finally, some news about artifacts in Britain that weren't looted! Archaeologists found 6,000-year-old objects beneath Westminster, some of which may predate Stonehenge's earliest earthworks by 1,000 years.
- Protest in Miami: For the third year in a row, a coalition of local artists called attention to Art Basel's ties to violence against Palestinians.
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From Our Critics
John Yau
Judy Pfaff: Light Years at Cristin Tierney Gallery, Tribeca, Manhattan
"Pfaff’s bricolage approach combines surgical precision with Surrealist chance, as exemplified by Comte de Lautréamont’s famous statement, 'As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.' The difference is that no matter what Pfaff juxtaposes, none of it seems arbitrary."
Nancy Zastudil
Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Here, the contrast is striking: one, a handmade item made to be shared, the other a designer object to be purchased. The museum label includes Hinds’s provocative question: If the two women had tea together, what would they talk about? "
Member Comment
Vicki Meek on Randiah Camille Green's "How Detroit Became a Hub for Black Art":
ICYMI
Diné Weaver Venancio Aragón Dyes Wool With Kool-Aid
The Diné artist and teacher continually colors his practice with new aesthetic and material horizons. | Sháńdíín Brown and Zach Feuer
Featured Opportunity
Virginia A. Groot Foundation – 2026 Groot Grant Application for Sculptors
For over 30 years, the Virginia A. Groot Foundation has supported sculptors across all forms and materials, helping them dedicate time and resources to their creative practice. The foundation awards unrestricted grants in three tiers: $60,000, $30,000, and $20,000. The application fee is $7.
Deadline: January 10, 2026 (11:59pm CT) | virginiaagrootfoundation.org
See more in this month’s list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers!
Thanks for reading, and have a lovely Monday.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
