Beverly Semmes’s Feminist Palimpsests

Sep 15, 2025

MEDFORD, Mass. — Fabric works bookend Beverly Semmes’s Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick at the Tufts University Art Galleries. Yet the exhibition’s 45-year span evidences a dramatic range of interests. Performance is one throughline, with objects inspired by...

An Artist and a Historian Plumb Gynecology’s Hidden Histories 

Sep 15, 2025

From her designated Zoom rectangle, Wendy Kline is describing the séance she took part in to exorcise a deceased doctor from the world of gynecology. As I listen, the multimedia artist Nao Bustamante nods and smiles from her box in the chat, reminiscing. Kline, author...

Keith Haring Is Getting the Biopic Treatment 

Sep 15, 2025

Keith Haring painting a backdrop for the Palladium nightclub, May 11, 1985 (all photos courtesy the Keith Haring Foundation) Graffiti and pop art icon Keith Haring, widely recognized for his social activism and his visual vocabulary of animated painted figures with...

Passports, Prints, and Protest at the NY Art Book Fair

Sep 13, 2025

“Art magazine! Very, very interesting, Lakshmi. I see you’re doing very important work,” said consulate agent Sherly Fan. “I personally would love to grant everyone an Extraordinary Talent Visa. However, you’ve got to roll the dice to determine your future.” The...

A Defiant Gaza Biennale Opens in New York City 

Sep 13, 2025

Opening of the “New York Pavilion” of the Gaza Biennale at Recess in Brooklyn (all photos Diba Mohtasham/Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted) The nearly 10-minute docudrama Live Broadcast by Palestinian filmmaker Emad Badwan opens with the voice of a man...