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The Worst National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale

And some we're still ambivalent about.

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 galleri…

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.

15 Art Books for Your Fall Reading List

Guadalupe Rosales’s memoir, Christine Sun Kim’s artist book, Fady Joudah’s ode to the people of Gaza, and Elizabeth Alexander’s essay collection…

Famed “Portrait of Omai” Will Go on View at LA’s Getty Museum

The Sir Joshua Reynolds painting, acquired in a joint deal by the Getty and the National Portrait Gallery in London after a heated controversy,…

Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Hope and Humanity, Dies at 79

"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people i…

Six Epic Artworks Inspired by “The Odyssey”

From J.M.W. Turner to Romare Bearden, visual artists have long turned to Homer’s masterpiece and the power of myth as sources of inspiration.

Beer With a Painter: Rina Banerjee

“When you give up that power to the paint, it becomes your partner, helping you to make something beautiful,” said the Bengali-American artist a…

Speed Art Museum Returns 24 Native Artifacts to Oklahoma Tribes

The culturally significant objects include a turtle amulet, a Cheyenne cradle board, and a slate of beaded bags.

Why Won’t Britain Return Looted Gold to Ghana?

In “The African Kingdom of Gold,” Barnaby Phillips explores how British colonial forces plundered the Asante people and expertly traces the stol…

10 Photo Books to Read This Month

Hal Fischer’s archive of queer fashion, Sophie Rivera’s portraits of Nuyorican communities, Rania Matar’s love letter to Lebanon, and more new t…

Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One

Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.

Nude Performance at MFA Boston Confronts One of Art’s Oldest Tropes

Artist Xandra Ibarra's “Nude Laughing” sparks conversations about consent, viewer etiquette, art history, and the human body.

Jan Staller Photographs the Nuts and Bolts of Manhattan's Urban Symphony

The American photographer's new book transforms the city's endless construction sites into otherworldly visions.

Brooklyn “Wall of Tears” Lists Names of Children Killed in Gaza

Local artist Phil Buehler said he unveiled the memorial display to help people “see something that they otherwise can't see.”

The Art World After Epstein

How can art institutions reject corrupt funding, the Washington Post lays off its art critic, art books to read this month, and our weekly commu…

Art Movements: Ekow Eshun Heads to Santa Fe

The London curator is tapped to curate the SITE biennial, Mnuchin Gallery closes, a buyer spends big money on a tiny Michelangelo foot drawing,…

When Will MoMA Dump Leon Black?

New horrific allegations against the museum trustee, artists push against ICE, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art says goodbye to "PhAM."