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Goodbye, 2020. I wish I could say it was great but don’t let the door hit you on the way out. ☔ Today, we switched things up and published December’s Sunday Edition on Wednesday in anticipation of New Years Day tomorrow.

Editor Seph Rodney takes the lead in this edition and we invited Hyperallergic staff to contribute essays that reflect on their work and lives during this tumultuous year.

For my contribution I wrote about the elephant in the room I was forced to confront after months of working from home and wrestling with the financial realities around me.

—Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Special Edition: 🤯 The Year We Had 😷

This year-end issue of the Hyperallergic Special Edition consists of reflections, that acknowledge the struggles that the Hyperallergic team — staff writers and editors — experienced right along with our readers, while also keeping in sight the exhibitions, events, protests, and initiatives that buoyed us.

Seph Rodney

The Unforgettable Anxiety of 2020

World-altering events forced me to reexamine my work and personal priorities and pushed me to confront the elephant in the room.

Hrag Vartanian

Representation Alone Will Not Save Us

We love representation, the power of signifying, and the incisiveness of well-argued critique, but by themselves, these tools won’t effect structural change.

Seph Rodney

The Year in News (Oh, 2020…)

The cultural landscape has taken more blows in 2020 than ever before in order to stay afloat during the pandemic.

Jasmine Weber

2020: A Year in New York Exhibitions and More

From exhibitions to online projects, here’s a rundown of work that has sparked joy, challenged, moved, or otherwise stuck with me through this hell of a year.

Dessane Lopez Cassell

Los Angeles: A Year in Review in Art and Culture

These are the stories that left their mark on me during 2020, for better or worse.

Elisa Wouk Almino

2020: A Year in Film

Our favorite movies of 2020, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.

Dan Schindel

I Hope This Essay Finds You Well

Emails started to change toward the end of March: “I hope this message finds you well, despite it all,” wrote people who would otherwise never express any interest in my personal life.

Valentina Di Liscia

How’d You Sleep in 2020?

I developed the bad habit of falling asleep at night to reruns of Governor Cuomo’s daily COVID briefing performances.

Hakim Bishara

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