Valerie Hillings Named Inaugural Director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi — She will return to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation after helming the North Carolina Museum of Art for nearly eight years.
Home — Caring for William Shakespeare’s family homes in Stratford-upon-Avon, and celebrating his life & works through collections and educational programs.
BBC offers 'Stay Up or Catch Up' for England v Mexico — The BBC will be launching a special 'Stay Up or Catch Up' offer for its live coverage of England's game against Mexico at the 2026 World Cup.
Remembering Willie Valentine, Marjane Satrapi, and John Claridge — This week, we honor a champion of Southeast Asian art, the giant behind “Persepolis,” and a photographer dedicated to London’s East End.
How a Former Military Settlement in Taipei Became an Artist Residency — Treasure Hill served as a Japanese ammunition depot and Kuomintang squatter settlement prior to its reopening as an artist village in 2010.
Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here’s what that means. — The internet's favorite raccoon has become a symbol of resilience in Seattle. Here's what his condition might mean for his future in the wild.
Grover and Elmo Play 'Would You Rather' on Say More — "I am an expert at 'Would You Rather'!"
The Top Photos in the CWAS David Malin Awards Highlight Astronomical Wonders — The Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales marks its annual AstroFest with an amateur photography competition.
Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art — Artworks from an era when Venetians brawled on bridges.
Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath — Decoding the Surrealist motifs of a World Cup jersey, inhabiting the world of Gertrude Abercrombie, and Hyperallergic wins a Society of Professional Journalists award!
Remembering Betelhem Makonnen, Betye Saar, and Keith A. Morrison — This week, we honor an explorer of diasporic consciousness, a revolutionary assemblage artist, and the first Black dean of art in the US.
How Ecologically Healthy Is Your Garden? There’s an Easy Way to Find Out. — <p>When Dave Baker and Joanna Hall, the husband and wife founders of Plan It Wild, an ecologically-minded landscape design-build film in Westchester County, New York, began to consider the…
The Hudson River School’s American Apocalypse — One of the United States’s first major art movements registered anxieties about industrialization, empire, and environmental ruin.
RIP Vermeer, You Would’ve Hated AI — A biography of the Dutch painter misses the mark, Ed Simon reacts to Anthropic’s book-pulping, and more.
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The Day I Pleated With Iris van Herpen — A show at the Brooklyn Museum invites guests to work alongside the Dutch fashion designer in her recreated atelier.
Under Glass Cloches, Amber Cowan Nests Enchanting Flameworked Scenes — Known for her lush assemblages of flameworked glass, Amber Cowan reimagines a ubiquitous yet fragile medium.
Meghann Stephenson's Tender Paintings Contrast Women's Agency with 'Acceptable Behavior' — 'Queen of the Neighborhood!' will include a suite of new paintings that correspond to the nine circles of Hell in Dante's 'Inferno.'
Sable Elyse Smith Reveals the Shapes of State Violence — The artist’s critique of the prison-industrial complex simultaneously deepens and skewers the legacies of Minimalism.
How a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America — As Longaberger's iconic headquarters sit empty, the baskets survive as artifacts of a national identity that commodified craft and packaged settler colonialism as heritage.
Meta's Glasses for Betas — Plus, Betye Saar’s last word of advice, 2,000-year-old shipwreck found off the coast of Sicily, and how Trump’s unnecessary IndyCar race in DC might jeopardize art.
Pleating With Iris van Herpen — Iris van Herpen is making a collective garment at the Brooklyn Museum, Trump’s Smithsonian warpath, and Rice University goes tuition-free for many.
DHS defends investigating agency critics and giving them warning notices — Federal officials acknowledged that ICE special agents tracked a New York man to his house, the airport and a hotel to question him about a critical email he sent to the former head of ICE in January.
'Colorstruck!' Examines the Connection Between Race and Chromatic Expression — 'Colorstruck! Painting, Pigment, Affect' delves into how color and social, political, and cultural forces intersect in Black American art.
Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. evaluated for concussion after collision at third — Six-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the Toronto Blue Jays' 3-1 victory over the Yankees on Friday night and was evaluated for a concussion after colliding with New York rookie shortstop…
Ka'Chava Protein Powder Saves Me From Hangry Commutes — It’s way more than your basic protein powder.
Pixel 11 Pro's 'HiLight' is another half-baked feature burdened by bad first impressions — Google's Pixel 11 launches with a new "HiLight" feature that's full of potential, but half-baked and left with a bad first impression.
10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood — Immigrant dads, absent dads, flawed dads, fellow artist dads, adopted dads — these artworks explore all that a father figure can be.
Divers Stumble Upon 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck in Italy — The wreck off the coast of Italy, filled with clay vessels, is being hailed as “one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years.”
Health, Technology, Art, and Design Intersect at UC Davis Graduate Showcase — On view at the Manetti Shrem Museum through June 20, the multidisciplinary exhibition features projects by 20 arts graduate students.
Claire Valdez Wants to Be Your Artist in Congress — The New York State assemblywoman, who is running for a seat in the House of Representatives, spoke with Hyperallergic about her life as a painter, political origin story, and big plans for Washington.
Hundreds Demand Return of SAIC Professor — Plus: devastating drawings by children held in ICE detention facilities.
Hamer rejoins Coventry City on 'long-term' deal — Coventry City re-sign midfielder Gustavo Hamer from Sheffield United on a "long-term" contract for an undisclosed fee.
Aussie-Yen Is Set to Approach Three-Decade High, Analysts Say — The Australian dollar is poised to climb back toward a 35-year high against the yen as the impact of Tokyo’s currency intervention fades and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s hawkish stance bolsters the exchange…
Jimothy, Meme and Muse — Artists share tributes to the beloved raccoon, plus Sabri Sundos’s odes to Palestinian diaspora and memory.
No Joy & Fire-Tooz Team Up On New Song "Barking At The Sun" — In 1983, Ozzy Osbourne released Bark At The Moon, the album where he’s on the cover looking like a werewolf. That was awesome, and you couldn’t ask for a better twist on the whole Ozzy thing. Yesterday, the Montreal…
The Black Photographers Who Exposed My Own Brainwashing — An exhibition at The Getty gave me the peculiar feeling of peeking behind a curtain in my own house and discovering new things about a topic I thought I knew well.
In Two Chicago Exhibitions, Liberation Takes the Floor — Shows at MCA Chicago and Wrightwood 659 chart a path from colonial dispossession to the possibilities of dance, music, and community.
Required Reading: 'The Gravel Garden' Demystifies Dry Gardening - Gardenista — Most seasoned gardeners have heard about gravel gardening (or dry gardening), but chances are they haven’t tried it yet. A gorgeous new book, The Gravel Ga
Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market | TechCrunch — HMD is pre-loading Sarvam's Indus chatbot app, which supports 22 Indic languages
Video: US defends visa denials at World Cup — The US has defended visa denials that have prevented officials and fans from travelling to the World Cup.
Stop Waiting for Clarity. Design Your Future Instead. | Sebastian Kernbach | TEDxDonauinsel — We are taught to figure out what we want before we make a move. But when changing careers, navigating a life transition, or pursuing a dream, waiting for clarity can keep us stuck.…
Savneet Talwar, Anna Boghiguian, Iris van Herpen — A never-before-published interview with Simone Forti, pleating at the Brooklyn Museum with an elite designer, and heartbreaking drawings by children held at ICE facilities.
I built a markdown note app in less than an hour using Gemini in Android Studio — Building your own custom Android app with Gemini is shockingly easy
Mark Rothko's Color Fields Mirror the Elements in a 'Weather-to-Painting Experiment' — Rothko's paintings form the basis of a project called 'Current Rothko' by New York-based designer and creative director Joonas Virtanen.
A Natural History of William Kentridge’s Studio — Let it be said, the studio is a safe space for stupidity. A space where impulses can be given the benefit of the doubt.
Current Obsessions: Summer, Officially — <p>Happy solstice, happy weekend! On our radar recently: art in the bath, a pretty use for wildflowers, and some great sales. Read on: Green Row x NYBG? Why, yes, please. File under: perfect dark exterior paint color. (Hat tip: Fan.) The…
Builders unearth €9m gold loot sealed in walls of Belgian property — Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.
Artist Sells $25 Trash Souvenirs Found Outside Taylor Swift's Wedding — “It wasn't as dirty as I was expecting,” said Justin Gignac, who suited up to collect garbage with a claw grabber outside Madison Square Garden.
The In-Between Worlds of Larissa Borteh — In the artist's paintings, are we looking at plants in a state of beautiful decay, ghosts, deities, fairylands, or something from a dream?
Scottish striker Ure makes £5.5m Sevilla move — Sevilla announce £5.5m move, rising to potential £7.6m, for former Scotland youth international striker Robbie Ure to join from Swedish club IK Sirius.
Best robot vacuum deal: Save $299.01 on the Shark AV2511AE AI Ultra robot vacuum — This discount won't last long.
Temporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire risk — Government issues a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbeques as they pose a "significant risk to the public".
Bottlebrush Buckeye 101: A Native Butterfly Bush — <p>Recently, on my daily sanity-walk, I paused in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and sniffed the air very appreciatively. What was that wonderful scent? A rich, Southern magnolia-suggestive perfume. Like a botanical bloodhound…
A Syrian intervention in Lebanon would be too costly for Damascus — Despite pressure from the US to intervene against Hezbollah, the Syrian government is unlikely to do so.
Bangladesh and India battle to save cricket series after political turmoil — Bangladesh and India white-ball series under threat due to tensions that arose when Bangladeshi PM Hasina toppled.
Former V&A Academic Programs Head Accuses Museum of “Racist” Behavior — A recently shared letter from Yuko Kikuchi, who resigned from her post in January, asks the British institution to address its “culture of systemic racism.”
Current Obsessions: The Maker Report - Gardenista — Long live the human-made: This weekend we're noting not one but two ceramics pop-ups, a flower arranging workshop, a cohort of great makers, and more. Read
How Jimothy the Raccoon Became a Hero of the Misfits — The short-spined Seattle animal with an unfettered spirit has been honored in fan art, tattoos, and murals.
A View From the Easel — “I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.”