We Are All Picasso’s Fishermen

Aug 26, 2025

Pablo Picasso’s “Night Fishing at Antibes” (1939) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (all photos Hakim Bishara/Hyperallergic) A quick perusal of the headlines these days is enough for one to conclude that dictators don’t die but multiply, and that history doesn’t...

The Black Feminist Subconscious of Ufuoma Essi’s Films

Aug 26, 2025

At first glance, the two Super 8 films that comprise Ufuoma Essi’s exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) seem to compete for attention. “Bodies In Dissent” (2021) juxtaposes the artist’s footage of a performer with archival film of a 1960s jazz concert...

The Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia

Aug 26, 2025

One of the greatest pleasures of owning a Labubu, the massively popular and elusively obtainable line of toy monsters designed by Kasing Lung and sold by Pop Mart, is customizing it. Labubus have been adorned with gel tips, dressed in Prada, and topped with the Puerto...

Why Did Eco-Activists Get Years in Prison for Only $588 in Damages?

Aug 26, 2025

Vincent van Gogh says a little soup is fine, as a treat. (edit Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) In October 2022, many members of the public were shocked when two environmental activists threw Andy Warhol’s favorite soup muse at a Vincent van Gogh painting. New evidence...

This Novel Is the Art World’s Black Mirror

Aug 26, 2025

I started reading Italian novelist Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection (2022) splayed out languidly on the beach. Then I was sitting up, nerves ablaze, and then on the train, the world outside whizzing past unnoticed, and then in bed that night, my Kindle having...

Artist Spotlight: Ji Won Cha

Aug 25, 2025

Ji Won Cha                                 Ji Won Cha’s Website Ji Won Cha on...