Weekend
Jun 26, 2021 • View in browser
When Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said: “I want to understand White rage. And I’m White. And I want to understand it,” he was staying true to the first of three Delphic maxims: “Know thyself.” It is those who shun that challenge that ought to worry the people who heard Milley’s response. 
— John Yau, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend
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Where Painting Can Live
Where Painting Can Live
Jason Stopa’s desire to infuse his paintings with joy mixes sophistication and innocence without privileging either one.
John Yau
Alix Le Méléder’s Rules of the Game
Alix Le Méléder’s Rules of the Game
The French artist’s decision to stop painting in 2011 grew out of her work’s internal logic.
Gwenaël Kerlidou
Barbara Hepworth’s Monumental Elegance
Barbara Hepworth’s Monumental Elegance
The exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is both an examination of some of the best of her artworks and a spasmodic account of her life.
Michael Glover
Painting Abstractly in the Midst of Unending Crises
Painting Abstractly in the Midst of Unending Crises
Alyse Rosner is grappling with the question of how to make an abstract painting reflect both the personal and collective.
John Yau
Nona Faustine's Family Album
Nona Faustine's Family Album
Faustine’s depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.
Julia Curl
Two Artists’ Lives, Lived Well
Two Artists’ Lives, Lived Well
John O’Reilly and Jim Tellin had their art, and they had each other.
Jeff McMahon
Required Reading
Required Reading
This week, Frank Gehry’s new van Gogh inspired building, Diana Ross releases a new track after 15 years, crafting save the US, LGBTQ-owned US bookshops, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
From the Store
Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly
Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly
The very first book to catalog the entire career of our favorite intersectional feminist-activist group of artists, The Art of Behaving Badly is more than just a monograph: it’s a call to arms.
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