The Art

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Massive Mural of Ashamed Statue of Liberty Emerges in France

Massive Mural of Ashamed Statue of Liberty Emerges in France

Dutch street artist Judith de Leeuw said she created the piece in response to the...

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A God’s-Eye-View of Earth’s Destruction 

A God’s-Eye-View of Earth’s Destruction 

Edward Burtynsky's photographs once offered a prescient vision of large-scale anthropogenic...

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When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants

When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants

Her Nature Studies invoke the promise of something greater, a direct line from the...

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Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument 

Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument 

Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in 2023 in an anti-Muslim...

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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: July 2025 

The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: July 2025 

What do Henri Matisse, Hilma af Klint, and the Venice Biennale have in common?

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When Art Meets Nature

When Art Meets Nature

The first joint children’s exhibition by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts and the...

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Cinema for Liberation: BlackStar Film Festival Returns July 31–August 3

Cinema for Liberation: BlackStar Film Festival Returns...

BlackStar presents its 14th annual celebration of indie film from the global majority,...

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Buffalo Museum Cancels Event After Backlash Against Texas Flood Cartoon 

Buffalo Museum Cancels Event After Backlash Against Texas...

Award-winning cartoonist Adam Zyglis received death threats for his criticism of...

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Shamim M. Momin Is the Bronx Museum’s New Director

Shamim M. Momin Is the Bronx Museum’s New Director

The longtime curator and LAND co-founder will assume her role as director and chief...

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Annie Leibovitz Shoots Fifty Shades of Anne Hathaway 

Annie Leibovitz Shoots Fifty Shades of Anne Hathaway 

The internet is up in arms about the art-inspired Vogue shoot, with many lambasting...

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Bard MFA Presents the Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition

Bard MFA Presents the Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition

Double Take brings together the culminating work of third-year MFA candidates at...

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Mavis Pusey’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Spotlights Her Work in Geometric Abstraction

Mavis Pusey’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Spotlights Her...

Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images advances new research and preservation efforts. On view...

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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

Spirituality, magic, and transformation are recurring themes in some of our favorite...

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Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking 

Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking 

Cheang is concerned with the ways technology enables commodification and control,...

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Trump Seeks to Defund Institute of American Indian Arts

Trump Seeks to Defund Institute of American Indian Arts

“Nearly 63 years of progress in Indigenous higher education and artistic expression...

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10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This July

10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This July

Mungo Thomson examines the mundane, Esiri Erheriene-Essi reflects on Black life,...