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Happy Election Day. Today, voters across the country are casting their ballots on races that could not only impact the balance of power in Congress, but also decide the future of democracy in the United States. If you’re an artist or cultural worker, there are several key states to watch, where issues including arts funding, artistic freedom and censorship, and the incursion of AI on creative professions are now at stake. We compiled a dedicated Midterm Election Guide highlighting House,

Installation view of Glenn Ligon's “Rückenfigur” (2009) in Glenn Ligon at the Brant Foundation in New York, 2025 (photo Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)Midterms are tomorrow, marking the first nationwide election since President Donald Trump started his second term in the Oval Office. In the wake of Trump’s financial and ideological crackdowns on Smithsonian, unapproved pet projects around the US Capitol, devastation to cultural landscapes through border construction,

The publishing industry is already preparing for spring, but we're still stuck on all the delights and challenges of this fall's slate of art books. Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara recommends an exploration of Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg's secret garden of pressed plants, an art form in its own right; critic Natalie Weis sinks into painter Celia Paul's kinetic prose. Catalogs on Salman Toor, Roy Lichtenstein, and more to discover below. —Lakshmi Rivera Amin, ass

As autumn unfolds across the East Coast, people around the United States are visiting the polls. May we strip the monsters of power and steer this nation out of its ghoulish ambiance and toward soulful care, not continued scare. In step with the changing times, a robust round of exhibitions in Upstate New York invites you to experience the treats of the season. At Ipso Facto Gallery in Hudson, artists explore creative modalities for surviving the technological hellscape of contemporary life, whi

In a scene that might be this century’s most faithful depiction of 1980s bohemian New York, a ragtag ensemble crowds around a cluttered dining room table. A mishmash of stemware gleams below the revelers, each importuned to perform a few bars of a song. One self-consciously croons “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah,” another vibratos a Jehovah’s Witness spiritual, while yet another gamely stumbles through the verses of “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?&

Five days after Art Basel Paris announced it would prematurely terminate its 2026 edition on October 23, the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art (CPGA), an industry group representing over a quarter of the fair's exhibitors, issued a letter demanding fair compensation and accusing event organizers of poor communication and mistreatment. In the letter addressed to the new director of Art Basel Paris, Karim Crippa, the association demanded “concrete proposals for c

Every United States election season, a few candidates capture national attention. This year, one of those names is Democrat James Talarico, who is running for Senate against Republican Ken Paxton. A former theater kid turned language arts teacher now serving his fourth term in the Texas House of Representatives, Talarico would become the first Democrat elected US Senator since the 1980s if he wins.Talarico has largely built his platform tackling education, a tough battle in a state that has seen

Ana Mendieta, “Guanaroca” (1981, printed 1994) (all photos Anna Souter/Hyperallergic)LONDON — Barely there but deftly constructed, Ana Mendieta’s Siluetas could be anywhere. Some are almost invisible in her documentary photographs. In one from 1979, a human form is impressed into the mud among similar natural shapes on a dried-out riverbank. In another from 1978, a few shimmering leaves, flowers, and branches sketch out the ghost of a woman against a dark tree trunk.

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On view at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City through April 11, 2027, Barbara Takenaga: Awestruck presents the artist’s first comprehensive survey in nearly a decade. Bringing together 40 works spanning her career since the early 2000s, the exhibition reveals the many approaches to abstraction that have shaped Takenaga’s practice. The exhibition is organized by Jessica May, Ph.D., Executive Director, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and Tae Edell, Ind

The Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) awards residencies to exceptional, highly motivated emerging artists and critical writers committed to developing a sustainable practice. The residency term is from September 2027 to July 2029. Fellows are provided with a private studio space and regular studio visits from artists and curators. They also receive free and discounted classes at the MFAH’s Glassell School of Art and may request access to fabrication s

Goyas and Guggenheims and girls with the pearl earring, oh my! Leave it to Hyperallergic readers to craft the most art historically delectable costumes this spooky season. Last week, dozens of us turned Oberon in Brooklyn into a veritable museum of surreal, riotous, and political artworks brought to life. Check out Zac Thompson’s photos of our fabulous second annual Halloween party and costume contest, judged by Claire Valdez, Jia Sung, Aruna D’Souza, and Nicholas D. Lowery. Nothin

On a fair afternoon in Queens, New York, a woman in a red dress crosses the street in front of me with an actual axe under her arm. Her face is stern, her step fast, and you can tell from the blood on her axe that she wasn’t using it to chop wood. A police siren wails in the distance, but that doesn’t seem to bother her. I reach to lock the car and then remember it’s Halloween. At a warm and lovely dinner at Cabinet Magazine, founder and editor-in-chief Sina Najafi

A Dutch still life, “Beast Jesus,” several esoteric Goya characters, and not one but two Marina Abramović/Ulay references (and not even the most obvious ones!) walk into a bar ... That’s a Hyperallergic Halloween, baby! On Wednesday evening, October 28, almost 200 of our members, readers, artists, supporters, and their enthusiastic friends rolled into Oberon in Brooklyn for our annual art costume party. Winners in several categories ranging from “Best in Show&#x

Olivia Smith had a thriving career running Exhibition A on the Upper East Side, a company that sells original contemporary art editions, when artists Chris Dorland and David Deutsch approached her in 2015 about opening a gallery on the Lower East Side.Smith had worked with hundreds of artists producing limited edition prints, but she had never managed a commercial gallery or negotiated with museums before. Still, she felt a kinship with Dorland and Deutsch, who found a ground-floor storefront on

From left to right: Museum of Modern Art director Christophe Cherix, M+ Museum Director Suhanya Raffel, and Centre Pompidou President Laurent Le Bon (photo © Centre Pompidou/Chau-Cuong Lê)Leaders at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Paris's Centre Pompidou, and M+ in Hong Kong signed an agreement granting unprecedented access to each museum's holdings for increased viewership, more collaborative curation, and additional research. The alliance emerges on the eve of

Pipo Nguyen-duy, a beloved 64-year-old photography professor and the studio art department chair at Oberlin College in Ohio, and his wife, 56-year-old Tran Thi Phong, were fatally shot in their home on Wednesday, October 28. Nguyen-duy's child and Phong's stepchild, 31-year-old Asia Nguyen-duy (birthname Daniel Jones), has been charged with their deaths and faces six counts of murder, one count of tampering with evidence, and four counts of felonious assault, per Oberlin Municipal Cour

As South Carolinians prepare for Election Day on November 3, some are considering how their vote could affect the governor-appointed South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC). In August, the agency established new guidelines prohibiting the funding of work that promotes "any ideology," echoing Trump’s rhetoric, and denied funding to an artist and two LGBTQ+ performing arts organizations earlier this month.Comprised of nine governor-appointed volunteers, the SCAC has distributed over

With less than a month left until the 61st Venice Biennale closes on November 22, the United States pavilion commissioner Jenni Parido has pleaded for additional donations to ship Alma Allen's sculptures out of Italy. This week, the New York Times reviewed a letter by Parido, who founded the American Arts Conservancy (AAC) and commissioned Allen's exhibition in Venice. She told potential donors that the Trump administration-aligned arts nonprofit was “facing an urgent funding ne

Welcome to the 361st installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Anna Pajak paints symmetrical will-o'-the-wisps in the woods of southern Sweden.Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and share a bit about your studio with us through this form! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio.Anna Pajak, Tingsryd, SwedenHow long have you been working in this space?Four years.Describe