Our favorite shows all have a historical bent, as they look to China a millennium ago, the Catskills in the 1950s, New York City in the ’70s, and more.

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13.08.2025

A Photographic History of Queer Intimacy

A show of more than 270 works dating from the mid-19th century to now tells of evolving technology and customs.

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13.08.2025

For $9.5M, Rothko's Former Home and Studio Could Be Yours

The artist created his series of paintings for the renowned Rothko Chapel in the Upper East Side property.

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13.08.2025

Indigenous Museum Closes Temporarily After Whitewashing Pro-Palestine Mural

Artist Jamie John said he feels “betrayed” by the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, which covered up a preliminary underpainting for his mural commission.

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13.08.2025

We Can’t Afford to Lose the Institute of American Indian Arts

The threat of defunding this precious, influential university is heartbreaking to those of us who know the worth of the IAIA experience.

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13.08.2025

How Is Art Selected for New York City’s Airports?

Developers are investing in art for multi-billion-dollar terminal enhancement projects, but the process around commissioning these works is mostly opaque.

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13.08.2025

Chinese Bronzes Blur the Line Between Original and Copy

An exhibition champions 12th-to-19th-century bronzes dismissed as copies, yet struggles with its own definitions of originality.

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12.08.2025

A Hiroshima Survivor’s Message for Jerry Saltz

“I don't think there's any kind of justification for the dropping of the bomb,” said Howard Kakita in response to the art critic’s statement in defense of the American atomic bombing of Japan in 1945.

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12.08.2025

Casa Susanna Is a Glimpse Into a Midcentury Refuge for Trans Women

As exciting as it is to see snapshots of this community, it’s just a tiny taste of the vast and long-standing history of trans people around the globe.

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12.08.2025

The Artists Who Made a “Sculpto-Pictorama” of Manhattan

With a zest for New York City and its people, Ruckus Manhattan by Red Grooms and Mimi Gross chooses celebration over hopelessness.

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12.08.2025

Smithsonian’s New Trump Impeachment Label Is Shorter and Safer

The institution installed an updated label to a display about presidential impeachments after backlash over the text’s removal.

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12.08.2025

Visitors Can't Keep Their Hands Off This Eggplant Artwork

The National Gallery Singapore is asking for the public’s cooperation in preserving Suzann Victor’s wall installation “Still Life.”

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11.08.2025

A Photographer Brings New York City’s Water System to the Surface

Stanley Greenberg has spent decades answering the question of how water arrives in our taps and building interest in this vast and impressive system.

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11.08.2025

Court Sides With Peter Doig in Bizarre Authorship Lawsuit

An Illinois judge found an art dealer, a former corrections officer, and their lawyer liable for $2.5M after they sued the artist over a work he denies creating.

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11.08.2025

The Asian Modernists of Paris

Across more than 220 works by Asian artists, a landmark exhibition tells a different story of the city’s golden age.

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09.08.2025

“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk

The Miccosukee Tribe says the notorious detention center is located close to “hundreds, if not thousands, of protected ceremonial and religious sites.”

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09.08.2025

Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China

Works by artists from Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur diaspora were altered to avoid “diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China,” the Bangkok Art and Culture Center said.

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09.08.2025

As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo

The fair was a major source of unrestricted funding for the Henry Street Settlement, a beloved New York social services organization.

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09.08.2025

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August

Kevin Beasley’s translucent portals, Judy Baca’s reimagined paleta cart, posters from Ghanaian mobile cinema, Marnie Weber’s monumental dollhouse, and more.

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09.08.2025

Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?

The art collector and Pink Panther actor prances around the museum’s freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion in a new video.

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08.08.2025

For EJ Hill, Art Is an Act of Faith

Without irony, Hill draws on his Catholic upbringing in his current solo exhibition to cultivate a secular spirituality and a space for hope.

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08.08.2025

Required Reading

This week: 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Black Girls in Art Spaces, remembering a salsa luminary, Jinkx Monsoon takes on JK Rowling, and more.

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08.08.2025

The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: Public Art Edition

Niki de Saint Phalle’s exuberant sculptures, street art in Puerto Rico, a certain infamous “bean,” a mural for Muddy Waters, and more in this month’s themed puzzle!

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08.08.2025

A View From the Easel

“I also tend to call my friends and gossip for hours while I paint.”

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08.08.2025

Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover

The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.

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08.08.2025

Haunted by the Gray

What do we lose when we can’t see the Black American people in Amy Sherald’s paintings with their real skin color?

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08.08.2025

The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age

Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

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08.08.2025

José María Velasco Lovingly Captured a Changing Mexico

He celebrated the physical entity of Mexico in its exactness, rather than appealing to ingrained nationalistic European sensibilities of history painting.

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08.08.2025

A Moving Encounter With the Art of Bernard Williams

Along with his studio art, Williams has long worked with the Chicago Public Art Group and his collaborative handiwork can be found throughout the city.

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08.08.2025

I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More

The museum suspended its Independent Study Program, a space of collective thought and political solidarity, during a time when it is most needed.

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08.08.2025

6 Art Books to Read This August

Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.

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08.08.2025

Meet With the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online

Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all of your questions answered.

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08.08.2025

Kour Pour Reclaims the Geometry of Abstraction

With his latest series of shaped paintings, layered with meaning and symbolism, the artist insists that the so-called canon is informed by non-Western visual traditions that preceded it.

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08.08.2025

Changing Tides Expose Centuries-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii

A 115-foot-long stretch of carvings is now visible for the first time since it was spotted nine years ago.

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08.08.2025

Modigliani's Jean Cocteau Portrait Heads to Brooklyn Museum in Major Gift

Along with MoMA and LACMA, the New York museum will receive dozens of works from the Pearlman Collection.

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08.08.2025

Helina Metaferia Takes Back the Museum

The Ethiopian-American artist creates her own artifacts to highlight a lineage of Black female activism.

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08.08.2025

New York City Shows We Love Right Now

From Moomins to Warhol to posters protesting nuclear war and prayer as healing, we’re all about uplifting shows this week.

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08.08.2025

The 21C Museum Hotel Is a 24-Hour Art Exhibition

Art is ensconced in every nook and cranny, from hallways and elevators to individual rooms with various themes, and is accessible around the clock.

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08.08.2025

Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC

The monument of Alfred Pike was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate official in the nation's capital when it was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.

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08.08.2025

Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?

The film “Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People)” asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?

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Four New York Area Shows to See Right Now

A Photographic History of Queer Intimacy

For $9.5M, Rothko's Former Home and Studio Could Be Yours

Indigenous Museum Closes Temporarily After Whitewashing Pro-Palestine Mural

We Can’t Afford to Lose the Institute of American Indian Arts

How Is Art Selected for New York City’s Airports?

Chinese Bronzes Blur the Line Between Original and Copy

A Hiroshima Survivor’s Message for Jerry Saltz

Casa Susanna Is a Glimpse Into a Midcentury Refuge for Trans Women

The Artists Who Made a “Sculpto-Pictorama” of Manhattan

Smithsonian’s New Trump Impeachment Label Is Shorter and Safer

Visitors Can't Keep Their Hands Off This Eggplant Artwork

A Photographer Brings New York City’s Water System to the Surface

Court Sides With Peter Doig in Bizarre Authorship Lawsuit

The Asian Modernists of Paris

“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk

Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China

As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August

Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?

For EJ Hill, Art Is an Act of Faith

Required Reading

The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: Public Art Edition

A View From the Easel

Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover

Haunted by the Gray

The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age

José María Velasco Lovingly Captured a Changing Mexico

A Moving Encounter With the Art of Bernard Williams

I Lost My Job at the Whitney, but the Art Community Lost Much More

6 Art Books to Read This August

Meet With the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online

Kour Pour Reclaims the Geometry of Abstraction

Changing Tides Expose Centuries-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii

Modigliani's Jean Cocteau Portrait Heads to Brooklyn Museum in Major Gift

Helina Metaferia Takes Back the Museum

New York City Shows We Love Right Now

The 21C Museum Hotel Is a 24-Hour Art Exhibition

Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC

Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?

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