This affordable, interdisciplinary program seeks to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of contemporary art to better develop their studio preoccupations.

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21.12.2024

The Canonization of St. Luigi

The authorities inadvertently transformed a perp walk photo of the accused killer of a healthcare CEO into a Renaissance painting of the arrest of Christ.

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21.12.2024

Sketching the Ubiquitous Face of Luigi Mangione

“I was so disappointed that they had changed him out of his orange jumpsuit,” said courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg.

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21.12.2024

Top 50 Exhibitions Around the World in 2024

From lesser-known artists to big names, our staff and contributors compiled our favorite shows around the globe in a year of exceptional art.

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20.12.2024

Mail Art Pioneer Anna Banana Dies at 84

The artist’s playful adoption of the banana motif transformed an everyday object into a vehicle for social interaction and anti-market exchange.

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20.12.2024

Discover Your Path in the Arts at the University of New Mexico

UNM’s graduate programs foster creativity and intellectual discourse, uniting studio artists, art historians, and educators to push boundaries and connect across disciplines.

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20.12.2024

A View From the Easel in Los Angeles

“The LA sunsets are always amazing colors that I love seeing next to my paintings.”

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20.12.2024

Artists Find Energy Justice in Grassroots Acts

Energies at the Swiss Institute brings an archival and contemporary lens to questions of energy justice through a sharply curated artist cohort.

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20.12.2024

Zilia Sánchez, Artist of Sensual Abstractions, Dies at 98

Her sculptural canvases or "erotic topologies” evoked the sinuous rhythms of the natural world and their echoes in the female body.

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20.12.2024

Why Don’t We Talk About Race in Fairy Tales?

Characters in fairy tales “are white not by chance, but by design,” Kimberly J. Lau writes in a new book.

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20.12.2024

Required Reading

This week: Dalit art and appropriation, Gisèle Pelicot and dignity for survivors, a Dakota recipe for holiday meals, the truth about Santa, and more.

Hyperallergic

19.12.2024

TCU School of Art’s MA in Art History Is Fully Funded

All admitted students receive a full tuition waiver, a stipend, health insurance, and additional funds for research travel.

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19.12.2024

Holly Lane’s Elegiac Shrines to the Natural World

The artist evokes a keen awareness of the threats facing the environment by honoring it through opulent, reliquary-style frames and delicate paintings.

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19.12.2024

Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the American West

Out of Site focuses on the scientific tools used to map the West’s resource-rich landscape, and how those technologies have become forces of destruction.

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19.12.2024

An Incomplete History of Griffins in Art

Despite its ambition to expand our definition of the creature to include other winged, hybrid beasts, Griffinology is hemmed in by a European framework.

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19.12.2024

“Twentieth-Century Nudes from Tate” Is on View at the Worcester Art Museum

The nude in a new light: This exhibition pushes the boundaries of an age-old genre with 28 paintings by Vanessa Bell, Lucian Freud, Barkley L. Hendricks, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, and more.

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19.12.2024

Naomi Beckwith to Lead Next Edition of Embattled Documenta

The Guggenheim Museum deputy director and chief curator will helm the 2027 contemporary art show amid ongoing controversy.

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19.12.2024

NYT Reportedly Sought to "Dial Back" Luigi Mangione Photos

Alleged editorial chats published by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein suggest the paper tried to limit the publication of photos of the accused shooter.

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19.12.2024

The Best Memes of 2024

From a chronically moisturized baby hippo to Trump’s bloody ear and the glorification of Luigi Mangione, nothing was off limits this year.

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19.12.2024

The Emotional Valences of Brutalism

Historically, cinema has invoked the architectural movement as an easy shorthand for villainy. In The Brutalist, though, it embodies a proletarian dream.

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18.12.2024

Joyce Kozloff’s Patterns of Resistance

The feminist artist reflects on her work in the groundbreaking Pattern and Decoration Movement, her grand public artwork, and continued political activism against war and misogyny.

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18.12.2024

Werner Herzog’s Anticlimatic Exploration of the Human Brain

The filmmaker seems out of his depth in "Theater of Thought," too willing to let his subjects make questionable claims without pushing back or delving deeper.

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18.12.2024

Street Art Meets Aboriginal Culture in the Work of Reko Rennie

The artist challenges binaristic distinctions between “traditional” Aboriginal and contemporary art through works drawn from his expansive two-decade career.

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18.12.2024

Steven Englander, Visionary Director of ABC No Rio, Dies at 63

Known for his collaborative spirit, Englander helped secure the Lower East Side nonprofit’s property for a dollar after decades of eviction threats from the city.

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18.12.2024

Researchers Identify Psychedelic Cocktail in Ancient Egyptian Mug

Traces of psychotropic plant matter, human bodily fluids, honey, wheat, yeast, and licorice were detected in a vessel depicting the god Bes.

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18.12.2024

Art Therapists on the Frontlines of Trauma Struggle for Recognition

Advocates are pushing for legislation that would make the practice more financially feasible for both clients and aspiring providers.

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18.12.2024

Sarah Lewis on Ways of Seeing Race in America

“When it comes to the unspeakable facts in the history of America, it's largely the artists who've been willing to show us what others would not,” the art historian said in an interview with Hyperallergic.

Hyperallergic

17.12.2024

Louise Bourgeois’s Iconic Spider Returning to Tate Modern

“Maman” will go on view at the London museum where it made its debut as part of the institution’s 25th anniversary celebrations next year.

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17.12.2024

The Sinister Subtext of Farshid Bazmandegan’s Paintings

The artist’s latest show connects the art industry with geopolitics, urging us to examine our role in a complicated negotiation of denial and strategic ignorance.

Hyperallergic

17.12.2024

Noguchi Museum Workers Move to Unionize

The news comes just months after the museum terminated three employees for wearing “keffiyehs,” sparking widespread condemnation and protests.

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17.12.2024

Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: December 2024

Sunburns, wall labels rewritten, Camille Claudel, and much more in this puzzle morsel.

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17.12.2024

UCLA’s New Three-Year MFA in Media Arts Is Accepting Applications

The program provides a rigorous environment for bold experimentation in new modes of critical thinking and art making in the context of media and technology.

Hyperallergic

17.12.2024

Sheila Hicks’s Faith in the Latent Power of Materials

An invigorating survey of mostly recent works by the American artist at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is a feast of rhythmic form and pulsating color.

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17.12.2024

Banksy Shares Enigmatic Madonna and Child Artwork

Some users online interpreted the image as a symbol of suffering Palestinian mothers and children amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

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16.12.2024

In LA’s Hall of Records, New Artworks Look to the Past and Future

Teresa Baker and Felix Quintana’s recently unveiled commissions make visible some of the city’s overlooked communities and places.

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16.12.2024

Cecilia Vicuña’s Poetry in Space

The artist suggests that like her fragile assemblages, peace demands care, balance, and the resolve to hold together what might otherwise fall apart.

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16.12.2024

Leonardo da Vinci’s Surreptitious Scents

A new catalog invites us into the artist’s interest in smell and the role of perfumes during the Renaissance, with bonus recipes for those with a nose for fragrance.

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16.12.2024

Exhibition Aids Ashville’s Hurricane-Stricken Arts Community

The proceeds from Love Asheville From Afar will benefit artists impacted by Helene, which tore through the city's River Arts District.

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16.12.2024

Alternate Landscapes of Diasporic Homelands

Samantha Box constructs altars to the interconnection between plant and human life while Sheida Soleimani creates collages imbued with familial memory.

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16.12.2024

Hilarious Image of Squirrel Stuck in Tree Wins Wildlife Photo Award

See Italian photographer Milko Marchetti's top-scoring submission and other winners of the 2024 competition.

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University at Albany, SUNY Offers Tuition Waivers and Funding for MFA Students

The Canonization of St. Luigi

Sketching the Ubiquitous Face of Luigi Mangione

Top 50 Exhibitions Around the World in 2024

Mail Art Pioneer Anna Banana Dies at 84

Discover Your Path in the Arts at the University of New Mexico

A View From the Easel in Los Angeles

Artists Find Energy Justice in Grassroots Acts

Zilia Sánchez, Artist of Sensual Abstractions, Dies at 98

Why Don’t We Talk About Race in Fairy Tales?

Required Reading

TCU School of Art’s MA in Art History Is Fully Funded

Holly Lane’s Elegiac Shrines to the Natural World

Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the American West

An Incomplete History of Griffins in Art

“Twentieth-Century Nudes from Tate” Is on View at the Worcester Art Museum

Naomi Beckwith to Lead Next Edition of Embattled Documenta

NYT Reportedly Sought to "Dial Back" Luigi Mangione Photos

The Best Memes of 2024

The Emotional Valences of Brutalism

Joyce Kozloff’s Patterns of Resistance

Werner Herzog’s Anticlimatic Exploration of the Human Brain

Street Art Meets Aboriginal Culture in the Work of Reko Rennie

Steven Englander, Visionary Director of ABC No Rio, Dies at 63

Researchers Identify Psychedelic Cocktail in Ancient Egyptian Mug

Art Therapists on the Frontlines of Trauma Struggle for Recognition

Sarah Lewis on Ways of Seeing Race in America

Louise Bourgeois’s Iconic Spider Returning to Tate Modern

The Sinister Subtext of Farshid Bazmandegan’s Paintings

Noguchi Museum Workers Move to Unionize

Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: December 2024

UCLA’s New Three-Year MFA in Media Arts Is Accepting Applications

Sheila Hicks’s Faith in the Latent Power of Materials

Banksy Shares Enigmatic Madonna and Child Artwork

In LA’s Hall of Records, New Artworks Look to the Past and Future

Cecilia Vicuña’s Poetry in Space

Leonardo da Vinci’s Surreptitious Scents

Exhibition Aids Ashville’s Hurricane-Stricken Arts Community

Alternate Landscapes of Diasporic Homelands

Hilarious Image of Squirrel Stuck in Tree Wins Wildlife Photo Award

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