Indigenous Art History Has Been Waiting for You to Catch Up
The late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s final curatorial salvo — the largest show of Native American art to date — carries an elegiac weight, but also thrums with life.
Rituals Presents Devan Shimoyama’s Ornate Universe as the New Contemporary Sacred
In this immersive solo exhibition, the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University contextualizes 25 works as today’s devotional icons.
The Living Divinations of Ithell Colquhoun
The artist’s dreamy paintings and drawings transcend any specific culture, instead drawing on a perennial understanding of the sacred.
An Exhibition Makes Absence Present
Works by Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff ask us to acknowledge loss — but also to see it as a way into altering the shape of our world.
The Charles H. Wright Museum Set the Template for Narrating the African-American Experience
From its beginning in Wright’s Detroit basement, the museum has cultivated increased visibility for all African Americans by showing other institutions how to build their own storytelling apparatuses.
The No-BS Protest Art of the Anti-Trump Marches
In nationwide demonstrations this weekend, protesters left “Dump Trump” in 2016 and opted for cheekier and artistically inclined messaging.
21 States Sue Trump Over Attacks on Museums and Libraries
Trump’s move to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which was established by Congress, is “illegal several times over,” says a new lawsuit.
Vilcek Foundation to Award $50,000 Prizes to Immigrants in Fashion Fields
Fashion stylists, writers, researchers, curators, image makers, designers, materials innovators, and hair and makeup artists are eligible to apply.
Paris Metro Bans David Hockney Exhibition Ad Over a Cigarette
The famed British artist called the transit network’s decision “complete madness” ahead of his major retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: April 2025
Kick off spring with clues on Simone de Beauvoir’s undersung artist sister, a newly reopened Manhattan museum, dog breeds, fairytale lingo, and much more.
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows of the week all center individual creators, from big names like Tatlin and Kafka to contemporary artists like Judy Linn.
The Morgan Museum’s Kafka Show Is … Kafkaesque
In this exhibition, we are relying on the information we’re given to try to attain a mythologized goal that is always out of reach.
Vladimir Tatlin’s Ukraine Dreaming
The first North American exhibition of one of Ukraine’s most important artists reclaims his legacy while the country weathers Russia’s war.
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