Through texts and objects, Cameron Rowland illuminates the connection between slavery and the commercial structures that define the global economy today. Martha Buskirk In the face of climate change, economic and political convulsions, and the coronavirus pandemic, it is our modes of living and of occupying our planet that we must urgently modify. Edward M. Gómez Loren Munk’s “SOHO Map” offers a visual record of a densely peopled art world. David Carrier Your membership supports Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. No one was as successful at impersonation and forgery as William Ellsworth Robinson, nor has anyone failed as spectacularly. John Yau Long out of print, Mount Analogue, René Daumal’s cult classic, offers a tale of renunciation and self-acceptance. Nolan Kelly “Sometimes we’re so overwhelmed in the present that it seems impossible to think a future beyond it – but the work of imagination must always continue.” Stephen Maine This week, recreating historical sites with GIFs, a really awful city seal, art history’s future, Seth Rogen on Israel, the looming renters’ crisis, some tea about Bill Maher, and more. Hrag Vartanian This set of four corkboard coasters is based on Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party," a massive ceremonial banquet arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. |