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Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (138+ words) His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery. Sculptor Melvin Edwards, whose innovative abstraction evoked both the sculptural canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery, died on Monday, March 30, at the…...
Opportunities in April 2026
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (786+ words) Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Banff Centre, the Vilcek Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. Hyperallergic's monthly Opportunities Listings provide a resource to artists and creatives looking for funding…...
The Art World Is a Joke
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (368+ words) April Fools" round-ups, Aruna D"Souza on the abstract painter who"s everywhere this year, art books to read this spring, and more. Kamrooz Aram is everywhere this year, from Mumbai Art Week to the Whitney Biennial, and critic Aruna…...
10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading List
16+ hour, 44+ min ago (237+ words) Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance by Susan Simensky Bietila | PM Press, February Ewa Juszkiewicz: Recent Paintings by Katy Hessel, Lisa Small, Ewa Juszkiewicz, and Jennifer Higgie | Gagosian and Rizzoli, March Samurai, edited by Rosina Buckland and Oleg Benesch…...
Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation?
16+ hour, 48+ min ago (559+ words) A new bipartisan bill could help enshrine intellectual property rights and expand healthcare access for cultural workers. Colorado state legislators will consider creating a new legal framework for artists to incorporate their practices, a move that could enshrine intellectual property…...
The Best April Fools’ Jokes in the Art World This Year
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (589+ words) In addition to our own fresh and feral stock of jokes, we wanted to show some love to a few other examples of shenanigans across the arts and humanities. For each April Fools" Day, the writers and editors at Hyperallergic…...
Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (215+ words) Rather than deconstruct Western modernism or reinsert Islamic visual idioms, the artist loosens the grip of the grid. Kamrooz Aram was everywhere I happened to be these early months of 2026, and I'm all the luckier for it. He exhibited at…...
Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards
17+ hour, 28+ min ago (464+ words) This week, we honor an absurdist cartoonist, a trailblazing feminist artist, and a sculptor who probed the history of violence in the US. In Memoriam'is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. His…...
A Palestinian-American Photographer’s Intimate Gaze
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (203+ words) Dean Majd captured images of his inner circle for a decade, deconstructing performances of masculinity in the process. In the aftermath of James's death, Majd grew close to his circle of young men in Queens. The show captures a decade…...
Curator’s Shoes Steal the Show at MoMA Reception
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (498+ words) It is rare to see something so marvelous in a gallery," said one of the VIP guests. At the long-awaited members-only preview of the much-anticipated Museum of Modern Art exhibition, the temporality of interlocuting objects, the guests couldn't help but…...