Feature
Artists Reflect on 9/11 and the Wounds of the “War on Terror”
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and others share stories from the day of the attack and the vicious campaign of Islamophobia, racism, and surveillance in its wake.
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Art Movements
Kathleen V. Jameson Named Speed Museum Director
The New Museum's new board members, Alison Rossiter works acquired by The Met, a record-breaking David Hockney show, and more in Art Movements.
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Brooklyn Museum Displays Work of Artist Killed in 9/11 on 25th Anniversary
Michael Richards’s 1997 sculpture “Free F’All” commemorates the historic African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the discrimination they experienced during service.
Pocket Review
A Portrait of an Artist as a Dominatrix
“I Want Your Sex” is a caricature of the art world more than an actually incisive critique, but it’s funner that way.
News
Tschabalala Self’s Splendid “Lady in Blue” Graces London’s Fourth Plinth
Self said the figure is “not an idol to venerate or a historical figure to commemorate,” but rather “an everyday woman like the many who occupy the square daily.”
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Announcement
OCAD University Presents Canada's Pavilion at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale
"Skennen'kó:wa ken? (Do You Carry Great Peace?)" is on until November 15, 2026.
Hyperallergic Writers Among 2026 Rabkin Prize Recipients
Contributors Damien Davis and Alicia Inez Guzmán are among the eight arts writers who received the award.
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Art Books and Scholarship from the National Gallery of Art
Discover thoughtfully designed exhibition catalogs, insights from leading art historians and conservators, collection highlights, and more.
Daily Newsletter
Testicle Art Is So Back
A recent history of “disco balls” and its precursors; plus, Ed Simon on why we should be alarmed about Lonnie Bunch’s resignation.
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Announcement
Announcing the 2026 Rabkin Prize Winners
The Rabkin Foundation celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s art writers, with eight unrestricted awards of $50,000 each.
Opinion
Lonnie Bunch’s Resignation Is a Wake-Up Call
Trump was a necessary blunt instrument for the coordinated fascist assault on the United States, but a hammer no longer matters once a picture has been hung on the wall.
Interview
The Counterpublic Triennial’s New Kind of Public Space
“We think of our work as an invitation to do more, to take action, and to operate differently,” co-founder James McAnally told Hyperallergic.
In Memoriam
Remembering Jean-François Leroy, Lucien Smith, and Jibby Beane
This week, we honor the founder of an influential photojournalism festival, a fixture of NYC’s downtown art scene, and a fashionista and gallerist.
Feature
A Brief History of Testicle Art
Kacey Musgraves's viral disco balls moment points to a lineage of artists whose use of the genital form is camp-as-critique.
News
Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations
Unionized staff at the Victoria and Albert Museum staged a two-day strike last weekend, citing “Amazon-style” working conditions.
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Trust in US Museums Grows Across Party Lines, Survey Finds
But the federal government’s threats to institutional independence could undermine these upward trends.
Feature
Women Painters Lead Brazil’s New Wave of Figuration
Panmela Castro, Agrade Camíz, Márcia Falcão, Maya Weishof, and Gokula Stoffel are five artists at the helm of the revival.
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Voices in Print: New Jersey Black Women Printmakers Shaping the American Narrative
The exhibition at Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton focuses on the contributions of Black women artists across generations.
Daily Newsletter
Lonnie G. Bunch Has Had Enough
The Smithsonian Secretary calls it quits amid White House political pressure, artist Lucien Smith dies at 37, and your weekly museum heist in Europe.
Books Newsletter
A New Batch of Art-World Novels
Satirical art-world novels, poetry collections, and biographies we’re reading this season, plus a review of Ann Patchett’s newest book.
New York Newsletter
An Art-Filled Fall in Upstate NY
Our Upstate fall guide, Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez’s aquatic performance, Snoopy fashion show in Manhattan, and more.
Book Review
For Sophie Lewis, Femininity Is Not the Enemy of Feminism
In “Femmephilia,” the author reclaims femininity, sexual pleasure, and adornment from patriarchal narratives in art and theorizes their liberatory powers.
Feature
How Korean Paper Became War Collateral
Every sheet of Korean hanji I make carries the same question: What does it mean to preserve a tradition without flattening the people who created it?
News
Trump-Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Removed Shapiro Sculpture
Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein reportedly plans to install "Blue" (2019) in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art.