The levity of this year’s edition feels purposeful: Not only will the show not be marred by tragedy, but it will also remind attendees of art’s potential to express joy.
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This week: a trip to “Yokofest,” outsmarting surveillance pricing, the Haida Nation reclaims its land, dachshund side-eye paintings, and did Microsoft invent a new type of matter?
A View From the Easel
“I’m finding that the plants have started taking over my life and creativity.”
Hyperallergic Spring 2025 New York Art Guide
Your guide to this season’s must-see museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City.
Fairs and Events Not to Miss During LA Art Week
From the Anti-Frieze performance festival to a benefit exhibition for artists impacted by fires, the city’s creative communities return with resilience.
Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s Labyrinths of Desire
Working with, alongside, and against conventions of portraiture photography, the artist manipulates the gaps between image and object.
The Reluctant Genius of Rudy Burckhardt
The complexity of Burckhardt’s work is easy to overlook, because he calls attention to neither his mastery nor his labor.
Dawoud Bey Asks, Can Landscapes Hold Traumas?
The point is: We remember traumas, and it’s crucial that we do, and not foist off our responsibility onto mute things that do not answer when we call.
The Analog Charm of Pre-Internet Technological Art
Electric Dreams at Tate Modern shows the sheer extent to which human imagination and inventiveness harnessed technological progressions in the infancy of computing.
Tabitha Arnold’s Tapestries Eulogize the Working Class
Her work integrates contemporary labor strikes into the visual language of social realism, asserting that these efforts are not anomalies but regularities.
Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week
Depth and wonder abound in shows featuring artists Alexis Rockman, Stephanie H. Shih, Raoul De Keyser, Roxanne Jackson, and Tabboo!
Raoul De Keyser’s Dramas of Looking
Because the waywardness of his paintings is a product of its unspoken logic, his marks and variations are performing precisely the right roles.