[ad_1] This month marks Hyperallergic‘s 15th anniversary — and just like our reporting and criticism, our October crossword is sensitive to art and its discontents, with clues ranging from protests at The Met and muckraking photography of the late 19th century to Baroque painting, a novel set at the Brooklyn Museum, and everything in between! […]

[ad_1] Phillip Keefe’s furniture appears like it might scuttle away in the night. The Chicago-based designer uses traditional techniques like hand-carving and wood joinery to sculpt lively pieces evocative of spiders, crabs, and other creepy, crawly critters. The Tim Burton-esque furnishings were initially inspired by Keefe’s dog Iggy, who frequently accompanied him to the studio. […]

[ad_1] ANN ARBOR, Mich. — What does it mean to find queer joy in an emergency? For Holly Hughes, it starts with embracing euphoria. Gender Euphoria is the title that Hughes — an acclaimed performance artist and playwright — chose for a semester-long symposium at the University of Michigan, where they teach in the Penny […]

[ad_1] The winning photos of this year’s Epson International Pano Awards highlight incredible vistas from Western Australia to Vietnam to Yellowstone National Park. The top prize was awarded to Hong Kong-based landscape photographer Kelvin Yuen for his remarkable image of a lightning bolt illuminating mountainous terrain. Selected from more than 4,500 entries by hundreds of […]

[ad_1] Vincent van Gogh’s “Chair with Pipe” (1881) at London’s National Gallery (image via Wikimedia Commons) The Chair This raw, unpainted, left-hand edge, With multiple nails in-driven, I regard as a wounding of sorts, A ripping away of all fatuity, make-believe, A stabbing down and into the truth of the matter, And all this surely […]

[ad_1] All images © Andrei Savin, shared with permission October 4, 2024 NaturePhotography Jackie Andres Share Pin Email Bookmark A game of hide and seek ensues in Andrei Savin’s ongoing Masters of Hiding series. Diving to considerable depths, The Philippines-based photographer continues his search for distinctive creatures and immersive habitats. In Masters of Hiding, Savin […]

[ad_1] From mural art to fashion and music, the vibrance of the Chinese diaspora seeps from every pore of Manhattan’s Mott Street and showcases the community’s culture. Now, the city seems to want in on the culture, too. In February, Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the $55.8 […]

[ad_1] How did we land on the new Colossal identity? The second part of our series peeking into our rebrand and redesign reviews the steps and atypical progression of our collaboration. Head behind the scenes to explore the inspiration, process, and even a rare glimpse at the concepts left on the cutting room floor. Explore […]

[ad_1] A neurological study commissioned by the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands, found that viewing artworks in person elicited an emotional response 10 times stronger than viewing those same works in reproduction.  Researchers outfitted 20 subjects, ranging in age from 21 to 65, with eye-tracking equipment and an electroencephalography (EEG) brain scanner and […]

[ad_1] All images © JR, courtesy of Phaidon, shared with permission Traveling to different regions across the globe, French artist JR envisions grand projects that call to humanitarian issues and collective action. At the forefront of his practice is a persistent query, rooted in a palpable yearning for change and strong belief in the power […]