Aug 7, 2025
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...
Aug 7, 2025
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...
Aug 6, 2025
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...
Aug 6, 2025
Curated by self-taught contemporary artist Leia Sands and veteran graffiti master Cose TDS, “Urban Perspectives” showcases a wonderfully diverse selection of urban artworks ranging from classic graffiti to present-day fine art. The image pictured above,...
Aug 5, 2025
Amedeo Modigliani’s “Jean Cocteau” (1916) was gifted to the Brooklyn Museum as part of a major donation. (all photos by Bruce White, courtesy the Brooklyn Museum) Three major museums in the United States — the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern...
Aug 5, 2025
Amy Sherald’s work “Trans Forming Liberty” on the cover of the New Yorker (image courtesy the New Yorker/Amy Sherald) Days after Amy Sherald withdrew her acclaimed solo show American Sublime from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait...
Aug 5, 2025
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...
Aug 4, 2025
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...
Aug 2, 2025
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...
Aug 1, 2025
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...
Jul 31, 2025
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...
Jul 31, 2025
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...