Happy Saturday. Two-person exhibitions are hard to do right — it always feels like one artist wasn't done justice. (I’m looking at you, Manet/Degas at The Met …) This week, London-based critic Olivia McEwan visited the Wallace Collection’s show pairing François Boucher and Flora Yukhnovich, and alas, it made both artists look pretty mediocre, which is frankly impressive. On the flip side, I’m bee-lining to see Nan Goldin’s latest show at Gagosian Gallery, in no small part thanks to Hadley Suter’s review. Suter illuminates how Goldin’s recent oeuvre brings us closer to experiencing art as “nothing short of rapturous, a portal to another dimension.” In the news, two artists drape keffiyehs on works by Isamu Noguchi in LA in solidarity with workers at NYC’s Noguchi Museum, who were terminated for failing to comply with a policy banning the headscarves. (I hear this intervention is just the beginning, so if you hear of similar actions, shoot me a line.) Finally, election season is in full swing, and you know what that means: a fresh bounty of “I Voted” stickers, ready to flaunt proudly on your lapel or phone case or unassuming pet! This year, 12-year-old Jane Hynous’s ferocious werewolf illustration is among the winning designs of Michigan’s first-ever election sticker contest. She’s not even old enough to vote and she’s already got me more excited about heading to the ballots than Kamala’s PR team. There’s more, including Rebecca Schiffman on Alvin Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art, our monthly Art Crossword, and photos from Hyperallergic’s 15th anniversary bash at the Red Pavilion! — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | |
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| | Her new body of work invites us to experience art as nothing short of rapturous, a portal to another dimension. | Hadley Suter |
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SPONSORED | | | | Modern Women / Modern Vision: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection is on view this fall at the Upstate New York museum, with two more exhibitions coming in 2025. Learn more |
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IN THE NEWS | | | LA artists David Horvitz and Ali Eyal draped keffiyehs on Noguchi sculptures in protest of the Noguchi Museum’s new policy banning staff from wearing them. Activist pasted a photo of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass of Picasso’s “Motherhood” (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel. The Guerrilla Girls have endorsed Kamala Harris with a cheeky new poster, urging voters to support the Democratic party to “restore & defend our freedoms.” A middle schooler wins Michigan’s first-ever “I Voted” sticker contest with an unhinged werewolf design. Master Chilkat weaver Kerri Dick (Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, Tlingit, Kootenay) has died at age 41. |
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🪩💃🏽🎉 | | | | On Wednesday, October 9, Hyperallergic celebrated its birthday with food, music, dancing, and performances that no one there will ever forget. |
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SPONSORED | | | | This is the first retrospective of contemporary artist Millie Wilson, whose work examines stereotypes and media representations regarding sexuality and gender identity. On view in Champaign, Illinois. Learn more |
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LATEST REVIEWS | | | | Through his choreography and his company’s performances, Ailey seamlessly interwove narratives of Black, American, and queer identity. | Rebecca Schiffman
Coyne’s work sits between abundance and suffocation, uses seductive materials to serve uncomfortable truths about the barriers that face women. | Debrah Brehmer
After being immersed in to hold a we at BRIC, I beheld the city with new eyes: steep subway steps, jagged sidewalks, casual cruelty built into our everyday lives. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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| | | Brooklin A. Soumahoro’s luminous paintings are filled with moments of alchemy, transforming shape into line and discipline into grace. | Alex Paik
Evan Halter’s use of collage in his trompe l’oeil paintings is about loss and our inability to see the actual world in all its complexity. | John Yau
If it had simply suggested that François Boucher and Flora Yukhnovich are united in creating tasteful house decoration for the rich, the exhibition would be a success. | Olivia McEwan |
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ART BOOKS TO READ | | | | In Cue the Sun!, Emily Nussbaum pulls nuggets of truth from the history of the notorious genre to illuminate what keeps viewers coming back for more. | Alex Bowditch
A small press is publishing innovative narrative works that travel across genres, including autotheory, criticism, experimental poetry, and documentary. | Raquel Gutiérrez
Keep spooky season at bay with books on a philosophy of birth in art, Debi Cornwall’s photography, Paul Kane’s myth-making paintings, light and paper, and more. | Hrag Vartanian |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | The innovative designer is the subject of a major retrospective at the School of Visual Arts and he talks about his aesthetic, the creative need for sabbaticals, and why pessimism reigns today. | Hrag Vartanian
Director Stanley Nelson traces a linear narrative from San Juan Hill’s origins to its demolition to make way for Lincoln Center, displacing thousands. | Michael Piantini
Works by Alejandro García Contreras and Le’Andra LeSeur are now on view at the Brooklyn arts space, up and running again after an eight-month closure. | Maya Pontone
A semester-long symposium offers a Gender Discard Party, a “lesbian feminist haunted house,” and other events to celebrate and cultivate queer community. | Natalie Haddad
This week: public art around NYC, artists in Gaza honor the land, China’s boba-industrial complex, the UK’s last African colony gets returned, how to out-diva JD Vance, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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THIS MONTH’S CROSSWORD | | | Celebrate our 15th anniversary with clues about criticism, baby hippo memes, art activism, and more. | Natan Last |
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IN OUR STORE | | | | Celebrate spooky season with a pop-up card of Edvard Munch’s famous painting. Send this fiery mini-masterpiece to friends and family to show them how you really feel. Shop now |
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