Changing Tides Expose Centuries-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii

On the Western shores of Oʻahu, natural wave activity revealed an approximately 115-foot-long stretch containing 26 petroglyphs this month for the first time since they were discovered in 2016. The early Hawaiian carvings resembling stick figures extend into the...

Harlem’s Studio Museum Announces Reopening Date

After seven years of renovations, the Studio Museum in Harlem will finally reopen to the public on Saturday, November 15, as announced this week. The institution will mark the occasion with a major show centering on the late sculptor, arts worker, activist, and...

Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC 

The National Park Service (NPS) will restore and reinstall a bronze statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC, the agency announced yesterday, August 4. The NPS said it will repair the...

Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection? 

As if a $220 million makeover weren’t enough, the Frick Collection in New York City has enlisted comedian Steve Martin to promote the newly reopened museum, which returned to its Fifth Avenue headquarters this spring. In a new video posted to the Frick’s...

$200M Trump Ballroom Proposal Looks a Lot Like Versailles

The apocryphal “let them eat cake” legend has never been more fitting … (screenshot Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic via @Pleightx on X) President Trump has proposed a $200 million state ballroom off the White House’s East Wing, the newest addition to his...

Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment Reference

The Smithsonian Institution has removed a label from the National Museum of American History exhibition The American Presidency that referenced Donald Trump’s two impeachments. The news of the removal was first reported this week by the Washington Post and...

Raymond Saunders, Who Made the Color Black His Own, Dies at 90 

Portrait of American artist Raymond Saunders (1970s) (photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) Raymond Saunders, whose collage-based paintings and installation works grappled with the complexities of lived experience, racial identity, and broader sociopolitical...

Man Dies in Whitney Museum Fall

A 34-year-old man died after a fall from the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan on Wednesday, July 30. Police responded to a 911 call at around 5:26pm, the New York Police Department (NYPD) told Hyperallergic. Upon arrival at 99 Gansevoort Street, they found...

Anti-Gentrification Protest Targets Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum

MEXICO CITY — A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on Sunday, July 20, as demonstrations against rising housing prices and the growing displacement of local residents...