‘Tis the season of end-of-year round-ups, and we’ve got a bounty of them today.
‘Tis the season of end-of-year round-ups, and we’ve got a bounty of them today. First, our top 25 films of the year, which jump-rope between feature-length investigative documentaries to avant-garde short films and YouTube essays. Then, our recommendations for New York shows to see during the final weeks of this wild year — from Simone Leigh to Bill Viola, these works explode with color, as if making up for the bleak weather. Finally, we’ve got a spoof on the Spotify Wrapped that feels, to me, like a personal attack (“You averaged 4 free glasses of wine at each show opening you attended”). Also today, Koyo Kouoh will be the first African curator of the Venice Biennale, a crater on Mercury has been named after Japanese-American sculptor and art educator Ruth Asawa, and AX Mina on the savage beauty of Anne Samat’s woven altars. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | |
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| | | An eclectic round-up spanning feature-length investigative documentaries, avant-garde short films, YouTube essays, and even talk shows. | Eileen G’Sell, Dan Schindel, Hrag Vartanian and Lisa Yin Zhang |
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LATEST IN ART | | | | Vibrant sculptures by Anne Samat, Bill Viola’s humanistic videos, and emotive pieces by the Studio Museum’s artists in residence are some of our favorite artworks right now. | Natalie Haddad, Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, AX Mina and Sebastián Meltz-Collazo |
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| | | Malaysian artist Anne Samat’s grand installations resemble traditional woven, brightly colored altars but a closer look reveals toy soldiers, rake heads, and plastic keychains. | AX Mina |
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| MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC | | | “You bought 23 art books and read none.” | Isa Farfan and Rhea Nayyar |
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| | | | Organized by geographic region, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close. |
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IN MEMORIAM | Alice Hudson (1947–2024)
Librarian who built the New York Public Library’s map collection | New York Times Lee Ramer (1934–2024)
Los Angeles arts patron | Los Angeles Times Javier de Villota (1942–2024)
Spanish painter | El País |
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