The Longtail of Incarceration Unfolds in Gil Batle's Surreal Narratives — The flora and fauna of a tiny Filipino island commingle with harrowing memories of California prisons in the surreal works of Gil Batle.
Discover Art & Artists | The Art Institute of Chicago — Discover art by Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol & more in the Art Institute's collection spanning 5,000 years of creativity.
Ethereal Kites by Hai-Wen Lin Transform into Elegant Garments and Sculptures — Hai-Wen Lin makes kites "that speak the language of clothing," blurring definitions of craft, art, garments, and acts of play.
Italian Arts Workers Announce Nationwide Strike — A month after a historic Venice Biennale strike, groups say they will withhold their labor this Friday, June 12, in a call for better working conditions and in solidarity with Palestine.
Willie Cole Traverses 'Mind, Body, and Soul' in Expressive Mixed Media Assemblages — Cole's imaginative sculptures tap into environmentalism, consumerism, and global traditions and histories.
Two workers who died in quake-hit Japan mall were sent in to get cash — A Japanese company has admitted that two workers, who died in a shopping mall explosion following powerful earthquake.
Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 — Featuring live presentations, this exhibition grounds performance as the foundation of contemporary Native Art. On view at SITE Santa Fe June 5–September 7, 2026.
The Decolonial Atlas — Maps that question the standard view.
Digital Printing of Arabic: explaining the problem — Representing Arabic script on a computer has been problematic from the very beginning. In this series, we shall explore some of the solutions offered. First, we need to understand what is so proble…
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!
Celebrating the Knicks Win, One Stitch at a Time — The textile artist known as Cheeks embraced a wave of city pride at his now-viral Fort Greene embroidery pop-up.
130+ Artists Illuminate the Vast Creative Possibilities of the Nightlight — On view through June 26, DUDD LITE is a collaboration between the design collective Dudd Haus and the gallery The Future Perfect.
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Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online — “God gave me permission,” Sergio Furnani, the NYC sculptor behind the design, told Hyperallergic about his unsanctioned and widely decried work.
How To Make Your Text Look Futuristic — We’ve already seen how Eurostile Bold Extended is spectacularly effective at establishing a movie’s timeframe. But if Eurostile isn’t enough, there’s more you can do to clarify yo…
Beer With a Painter: Samia Halaby — At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she “accidentally stepped into abstraction.”
It's Art-World Summer in NYC — Celebrate with a visit to Betye Saar's doll collection and Roberto Lugo's ode to Puerto Rico.
Greek Alphabet Cards — Cards I made to help my kids learn the Greek alphabet through visual associations.
An Artist Reimagines Frieze London's Loos — Gray Wielebinski's scented artworks for the fair's bathrooms, Michelle Grabner’s gift to a Wisconsin museum, Gagosian's real estate footprint shrinks, and other news in Art Movements.
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? — A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence tells us about branding in tech.
Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType Hinting Interpreter — TrueType is a widely used vector font standard for rendering text in web pages, PDFs, operating systems, and applications. Familiar fonts like Helvetica, Garamond, and Monaco are all built on TrueType outlines. The form
Listening to Our Queer & Trans Elders — We kick off our Pride Month series with painter Jamie Nares. Plus, a sports betting company makes its first foray into the art market.
Simone Forti’s Dance of Life — Remembering the pioneering performance artist, who died on Wednesday at 91. Plus: Trump gives two gilded statues in DC a makeover.
Blvck Paris x UNO's second collection includes an all-black card deck — This deck doesn't play nice, and neither should you.
Perseus Digital Library — Greek and Roman texts and tools.
Printing Gaussian Splats | Dany Bittel — A while ago Teng Xu from crysta.ai contacted me and offered to print one of my insects as a present. Ever since I'm fascinated by the proces
Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels — A list of illustrated literature in the cyberpunk genre spanning Western comics, Japanese manga and graphic novels. Includes relevant themes, summaries and value to cyberpunk fans.
Family Urges Help for Venezuelan Artist Trapped Under Earthquake Rubble — Onai Quiñonez is among the thousands reported missing after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the nation.
Greed, Hatred, Love | Diana Demir | TEDxYaşamTasarımSchools — The speech explores the question of what makes humans different from other beings. It argues that humanity is shaped by three powerful emotions: greed, hatred, and love. Greed drives progress and discovery, but can…
World Heritage List — Humanity's greatest places.
Hell and High Water — A memorial statue of Charlie Kirk might be coming to Times Square, Trevor Winkfield’s artificial worlds, and a beer with painter Keltie Ferris.
Unconventional Graphic Design & text art tools — A huge list of unconventional graphic design and text art tools, updated regularly (2026)
New School Lays Off Nearly 90 People, Dealing Blow to Humanities — The Manhattan institution cut 19 faculty members and 68 staffers amid mounting financial deficits and declining enrollment.
Google Arts & Culture — Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.
Around North America, Community Members Are Stitching Nearly 11,000 Birds — Chicago-based artist and educator Holly Greenberg facilitates dozens of workshops to sew fabric birds and raise awareness of bird collisions.
Required Reading — This week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Totó La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.
Why I don't recommend Tailwind CSS | Andros Fenollosa — Tailwind CSS is a very popular CSS framework among web developers. With no prior graphic design knowledge, it solves the standardization of spacing, c
Eric Carle Museum Workers Push for Union Vote — Employees at the Massachusetts museum established by the children’s book artist behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” cited poor working conditions and under-staffing in a statement.
Who Asked for an AI Art Museum? — Plus, a child punctures a Magritte in Israel, and Nayland Blake speaks with Hyperallergic about eroticism, play, and the role of the artist.
Main Page — The place full of art where it gains the voice it deserves. We present art history in the most compelling and inspiring way.
Your Roku can do more than streaming, here are the hidden features most people miss — Most people use their Roku just to stream shows, but it has features that can make it easier, more flexible, and even save you money.
Scanning for Pangram errors — I scanned over 2 million words into Pangram looking for false positives
Andrew Salgado's Gestural Still Lifes Pulse with Energy — A largely figurative painter with a penchant for literary citation, Andrew Salgado turns his attention to the still life.
Explore 1,300+ Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century, Now Restored and Available Online — Today, if you want to know about any of the flora or fauna that surround us, you have only to look it up online.
'I am a woman in a man's rubbish world' — A woman who runs a waste collection firm says she was warned not to get involved in the industry.
I started a "dirt notebook" — I love taking notes, but one problem that I have is that that I start cherishing every notebook that I start. I can't seem to keep my notes messy. Eventually...
How to Predict the Weather in Our Era of Freakish Storms — The computer models meteorologists use aren’t 100 percent accurate. But natural weather forecasters seem to have a sixth sense for sudden squalls.
The Hudson River School’s Missive — A visit to Akira Ikezoe’s studio, and contemporary artists’ takes on Lady Liberty.
See the New Frank Gehry Building Rising From the Shore of the Persian Gulf in Abu Dhabi to House a Global Art Collection — Officials just announced a December opening for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the long-awaited fourth installment in the Guggenheim Foundation's lineup of art…
Peter Hujar’s Darkroom Floor — Also, Coco Fusco asks: Where is Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara?
'I've cried non-stop' - Ditcheva breaks both hands again — Dakota Ditcheva says she broke both of her hands during the win over Denise Kielholtz - months after recovering from similar injuries.
Puppet Center in Alcorcón, Spain — <p><img alt="" data-width="1600" data-height="1200" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/WWjH_aDagqerS-LxBqpnftfMjbrhO8CBYEvcDEpJjCg/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmN…
GitHub - jimparis/qr-font: A QR code generator in a TrueType font: https://qr.jim.sh/ — A QR code generator in a TrueType font: https://qr.jim.sh/ - jimparis/qr-font
US consumer inflation slows in July as energy prices briefly retreat — Energy prices declined 1.5 percent in July but remain 14.7 percent higher compared with a year ago.
Martha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York — Her photographs showcase an intensely physical side of the city: breaking down boxes to dance upon, spray-painting subway cars.
The hardest working font in Manhattan — A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
Remembering Rune Mields, Onai Quiñonez, and Song Burnsoo — This week, we honor a German artist who plumbed the depths of geometry, a Venezuelan painter, and a Korean museum director and printmaker.
15 Artists Named 2026 Joan Mitchell Fellows — Each recipient will receive $60,000 in unrestricted funding distributed over five years, in the spirit of the namesake abstract painter’s commitment to “aid and assist” artists.
No.1-ranked '28 player Williams will reclassify into 2027 class — A.J. Williams, the No.1-ranked player in the class of 2028, plans to reclassify into the 2027 class, he told ESPN.
New York Gallery Lyles & King to Close After 11 Years — The gallery became known for championing the careers of Mira Schor, Chris Hood, Philip Birch, and Davina Semo, among others.