This week, a nation hungry for distraction was fixated on the lush eyebrows of a handsome shooter. How is it that Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is still hailed as a folk hero despite revelations about his upper-class background? Our Staff Reporter Isa Farfan finds the answer in online memes that reveal a lesser-discussed generational aspect of this unfolding true crime story. The events of October 7, 2023, and Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza have cut a deep rift in the Western art world. Artists who displayed solidarity with Palestinians have paid a steep price for their views, often suffering loss of income and opportunity. In a special report co-published with Jewish Currents magazine this week, we look at some of the artworks that have either been removed by an institution or withdrawn by the artist for reasons related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian and News Editor Valentina Di Liscia preface thepiece with insights from our extensivereporting. In an interview published in English for the first time in Hyperallergic, artist Nan Goldin discusses her charged experience with Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, which she accuses of censuring part of her retrospective. An excerpt of the interview was originally published in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. Continue scrolling to enjoy our list of the best New York City exhibitions of2024, an interview with Art Spiegelman about his career, a new podcast with curator and writer Karen Wilkin, reviews by our excellent roster of critics, and so much more. We can’t do any of this work without your support. Please join as a Hyperallergic Member today to help us continue making a change in the art world. We’re in it together. In the meantime, have a great weekend. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | |
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| | Since October 7th, 2023, fault lines around Palestinian solidarity have changed the landscape of visual art. |
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LATEST PODCAST | | | | Hyperallergic’s Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian sits down to reconnect with his college professor, a master of art writing and curation who introduced him to criticism. |
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| ART IN NEW YORK | | | Our staff and contributors look back on the city’s year in art, from blockbusters to under-the-radar art heroes and unsung histories.
The problem with Harmony and Dissonance is that its narrative is neither harmonious nor dissonant, but rather fragmented and vague. | Alice Procter
The artist personally picked out each piece and painted new works expressly for this exhibition during what turned out to be the final months of his life. | Julie Schneider |
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| MORE FROM OUR CRITICS | | | | The artist’s transparent portraits reveal the larger forces of culture and society that define and marginalize his Brown and Black subjects. | Brian Karl
The trailblazing artist’s abstract paintings, on view in her first US museum retrospective, are luxurious fields of color and form, each one pulsating with its own energy. | Natalie Haddad
For a half-century, Sophie Calle has been probing human connection, emotional impulses, and vulnerability via fictional devices, dry humor, and unapologetic impropriety. | Sheila Regan |
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| FILM & DOCUMENTARY | | | | The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy. | David D’Arcy
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most brain-quiveringly beautiful films ever to flood a screen. | Eileen G’Sell
A new documentary-game includes an interactive timeline, interviews, and of course, playable versions of the game. | Dan Schindel |
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ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people. | Emma Cieslik
Gen-Z’s shared generational status with the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin and frustrations with the US healthcare system have led to an outpouring of sardonic reactions. | Isa Farfan
Adrian Tomine’s new book answers questions from his readers, a gesture of acknowledgment and even gratitude delivered from a safe distance. | Sarah Hromach-Chan
The inaugural Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Indigenous Culture Fair was a site-situated celebration of Lenape history, culture, and artisanship. | Maya Pontone
This week: An homage to Romani culture in Manhattan, AI movies in theaters, Syrian activists speak out, remembering Nikki Giovanni, Luigi Mangione fever, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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