As wildfires continue to burn in LA County, killing at least five people and displacing tens of thousands, artists are among those grappling with loss and uncertainty as homes, studios, and decades' worth of art are engulfed by flames. Hyperallergic spoke to artists who say they're still trying to make sense of the disaster that upended their lives in less than 48 hours. “It’s like history burning," said Kathryn Andrews, remarking on the scale of devastation and the toll on LA's cultural community.
Also, today, we remember Argentinian-born sculptor Raquel Rabinovich, who died at the age of 95. Her stirring abstract works "have the effect of a well-worn memory rubbed away," writes Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang.
Critic John Yau on an exhibition of KAWS's art collection, A View From the Easel, Required Reading, and more below. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | |
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| | | “I literally only have the clothes I’m wearing, but that’s the same story as thousands of others,” artist Amir Nikravan told Hyperallergic. | Valentina Di Liscia, Matt Stromberg, Maya Pontone and Rhea Nayyar |
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SPONSORED | | | | Showcasing research from across Tate over the past decade, the event on January 22 also considers the broader significance of building an international researcher network. Learn more |
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LATEST IN ART | | | | With over 300 works on paper, plus paintings, sculptures, and furniture, The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection includes work by artists of every stripe. | John Yau |
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SPONSORED | | | | AUP is home to Europe’s only two-year interdisciplinary graduate program in creative writing, now accepting applications for fall 2025. Learn more |
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| | | Jacopo Ligozzi gave visual expression to the developing myth of empirical objectivity, of being able to successfully collect, measure, analyze, and categorize. | Ed Simon |
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MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC | | | “My studio, in a sense, is an escape where I can re-enter my art world and create.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | | This week: photojournalists amid California’s wildfires, Leonora Carrington in Mexico, Black Philly artists sew reusable pads, an AI lawsuit tracker, and can fiction make men better people? | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TRANSITIONS | Mario R. Rossero was named director of the Andy Warhol Museum. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Stephen Bron is now represented by Tibor de Nagy gallery.
Katie Hollander was appointed the director of RxART.
Paul Pineau was appointed general counsel and secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
María Guadalupe Espinosa Rodríguez was appointed director of the Mexican archaeological site Chichén Itzá. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | Tanya Aguiñiga, Ernesto Bautista, Sofía Durrieu, Voluspa Jarpa, Guzmán Paz, and Adán Vallecillo are the participants of the Fundación Ama Amoedo’s 2025 Residency in Casa Neptuna in José Ignacio, Uruguay.
Akron Soul Train, Cornelius Tulloch, and Demario Dotson are among the cohort of the Knight Foundation’s New Work 2024: Akron, Detroit and South Florida grant. See the full list here.
Sarah Waiswa, Nicole Remus, Nafkot Gebeyehu, Wairimũ Nduba, Maria Olivia Nakato, and Turakella Editha Gyindo will participate in the Mentorship Program for East African Curators, co-hosted by the Independent Curators International, Njabala Foundation, and AWARE: ARchives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions. |
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