Arts

Chavis Mármol told Hyperallergic that he wanted to “crush an object that represents a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

Khomenko forcefully responds to her war-torn Ukrainian homeland with complex compositions, lavish and varied brushwork, and avidity for color.

Learning the notes, melodies, and messages of posters by Indigenous designers will only strengthen our communities and add such needed songs back into humanity.

William Blake’s Universe feels a little hugger-mugger, as if part of its job is to offer up its secrets to like-minded enthusiasts. 

Vicente Blanco’s quietly complex drawings depict disorienting, spellbinding scenes in which things are rarely what they initially seem.

Rather than embrace individualistic “hustle culture,” the women in her paintings work communally and find time to rest.

The new Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University holds over 5,000 works that plumb the rich history of the Golden State.

The late activist’s art transformed religious symbolism used to denigrate and debase, forging a path in the world for the undocumented community, sex workers, and transgender people.

With Storage of the Gods, the artist explores what a spiritual practice can look like in our secular, stressed-out world.

I hear students and friends alike ask where are our books and documentation? Where can I see our Native American design history?

Joanna Beall Westermann, Mel Kendrick, Japanese zenga paintings, absolute gems from the collections of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, and more. 

A new documentary explores the scandals surrounding the 1964 show, illuminating the US government’s obsession with its international image.

A new exhibition at the Morgan Library explores the legacy of its inaugural director, who amassed a trove of rare books and prints while passing as a White woman in segregated America.

Echoes of the Brother Countries explores the ongoing traces of Germany’s ties to socialist countries via artwork and film screenings.

Suneil Sanzgiri’s exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum joins lines of companionship across histories of colonial dispossession.

As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Tiffany D. Gaines examines the city’s often under-recognized artists, change-makers, and arts advocates.

The art collector and philanthropist amassed over 700 works spanning modern and contemporary art along with her husband, Burton Tremaine.

This week it’s a whole lotta TikToks, as the US government wants to ban it if the company doesn’t sell it to another owner, which is pretty terrible.

In his paintings, Ding establishes an imaginary dialogue with architect I. M. Pei that reveals something about both the artist and his subject.

Paintings that appear ever-changing make us conscious of how we see.