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Good morning. 🌧 Today, Hanif Abdurraqib talks about Black performance, how the Asian American community of UC Berkeley took a stand against a library’s closure, and what graffiti hub 5Pointz has sadly become.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Hanif Abdurraqib on Black Performance and the Joy of Writing his New Book

The poet talks to Hyperallergic about A Little Devil in America and the process behind his new music podcast, Object of Sound.

Monica Uszerowicz

Latest News

LA Forces Unhoused Residents From Echo Park, Leaving Behind Community Art Project and Garden

City councilman Mitch O’Farrell abruptly closed the park for renovations, displacing residents with little notice.

Anya Ventura

Before and After Photographs of 5Pointz Mural Site Show a Bleak Transformation

See how a historic monument to graffiti art was unrecognizably transformed into a luxury high rise with the personality of a sad hotel lobby.

Valentina Di Liscia

In the Gallery

Through Video and Collage, Abbey Williams Inverts the Paradigm of White Hegemony

In Vignette, Abbey Williams explores how Black affective space persists within and outside the constricted frame of the white gaze.

Justin Kamp

Film

From Georges Méliès to Contemporary Sci-Fi, Short Films About the Information Age

Flaherty NYC’s spring streaming program brings together a series of shorts on how humans navigate digital environments.

Dan Schindel

A New Lunchtime Screening Series Delves Into Our Environmental Crisis

Throughout April, Mishkin Gallery’s Critical Ecology on Film will gather artists, academics, and filmmakers for urgent screenings and conversations.

Dessane Lopez Cassell