Hyperallergic

125 articles in the Truth Foundry index. Each links out to the original.

• Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatal Hate Crime Stabbing of NYC Vogue Dancer · Dmitriy Popov received a 20-year sentence for the 2023 fatal stabbing of O'Shae Sibley in a Brooklyn hate crime.
• LA Artist Patrick Guetta Turns City Streets Into His Studio · Patrick Guetta describes his Los Angeles studio and views the city as a living museum of visual culture.
• Art Review: 'Material Prophecies' Exhibition Explores Craft and Spirituality · An Armory Center exhibition features artists using spiritual materials like velvet and amethyst to question the medium's role in art.
• 2025 Caravaggio Docudrama Offers Art Primer but Fails on Biography · The 2025 film Caravaggio serves as an art primer but misrepresents the artist's personality.
• VCU ICA Debuts Abigail DeVille's 'Deo Vindice' Installation in Richmond · ICA at VCU presents Abigail DeVille's 'Deo Vindice' examining white supremacy through Civil War imagery.
• Cape Town Gallery SMAC Accused of Withholding Artworks and Delaying Artist Payments · Artist Kate Gottgens alleges former gallery SMAC withheld her painting and delayed payments for years.
• Longaberger Baskets Symbolize Commodified Settler Colonialism and Withered American Myth · An empty Longaberger headquarters illustrates how the company sold a mythologized American identity rooted in settler colonialism.
• UK Activists Mock Meta's Kylie Jenner Glasses Campaign with Surveillance Spoof · Everyone Hates Elon installs lenticular bus ads mocking Meta's privacy concerns with Kylie Jenner's camera glasses.
• Victoria Johnson's Biography Reveals the Many Lives of 19th-Century Artist Frederic Edwin Church · Victoria Johnson's new biography explores the adventurous and complex life of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church.
• MCA LA Solo Show Explores Michael Asher's Institutional Critique Through Archives · A solo exhibition at MCA LA reveals Michael Asher's conceptual work exposing museum machinations.
• Filmmakers Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens Promote Ecosexual Movement Through New Documentary · Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens advocate for an intimate, sensual relationship with the Earth in their 2025 film Playing with Fire.
• Aldrich Museum Showcases 40 Connecticut Artists in Historic Decennial Survey · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents a major survey of 40 Connecticut-based artists created within the last decade.
• Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Explores Lillian Bassman's Artistic Embrace of Fashion Artifice · A new exhibition at the Met showcases Lillian Bassman's evolution from commercial fashion photographer to experimental artist.
• Morgan Library Exhibition Reveals Peter Hujar's Intended-Private Contact Sheets · A new exhibition at the Morgan Library displays Peter Hujar's contact sheets, challenging his intent to keep them private.
• Morgan Library Exhibition Explores Peter Hujar's Contact Sheets · The Morgan Library & Museum presents 'Hujar:Contact', a rare exhibition of the photographer's contact sheets.
• Art of Noise Exhibition Explores Visual Design of Music History · Cooper Hewitt exhibition examines how album art and ephemera shaped music perception from disco to punk.
• BlackStar Film Festival Announces 2026 Schedule in Philadelphia · BlackStar Film Festival to showcase 91 films from 40 countries in Philadelphia August 6-9.
• Museums Retain Artifacts from Convicted Antiquities Dealer Despite Legal Scrutiny · The Met returned a bust to Turkey after buying from Phoenix Ancient Art, but many museums still hold items from the convicted dealer.
• Convicted Antiquities Dealer's Loot Still Hides in Top US Museums · Museums worldwide continue to display looted artifacts purchased from convicted dealer Ali Aboutaam's Phoenix Ancient Art.
• Legionella Bacteria Detected in Guggenheim Museum Cooling Tower · NYC health officials found Legionella bacteria in the Guggenheim's cooling tower amid a local disease cluster.
• Houston Immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Killed by ICE Officers Mistaken for Target · Undocumented immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents who mistook him for another target.
• Book Review: Holly EJ Black's 'The Story of Printmaking' Chronicles Art's Democratization · Holly EJ Black's new book traces printmaking's global history as a force for democratic access to art.
• Kathy Butterly's Unruly Ceramic Sculptures Explore Human and Natural Forms · Kathy Butterly's retrospective exhibition showcases her ceramic sculptures blending human, natural, and biomorphic elements.
• Public Feedback Open for 62 Art Proposals for High Line Plinth · The High Line invites public input on 62 proposals for its 2029 and 2030 plinth commissions.
• Mitchell Johnson Exhibits New Paintings from California, New England and Europe · Bay Area artist Mitchell Johnson shows new works in Menlo Park through August 29.
• Exhibitions Highlight Gertrude Abercrombie's Midwest Magic Realist Circle · Milwaukee Art Museum retrospective emphasizes the collaborative community of Gertrude Abercrombie and her Magic Realist peers.
• Trinidadian- Venezuelan Sculptor Valerie Brathwaite Dies at 87 · Abstract sculptor Valerie Brathwaite, known for organic forms inspired by nature, has died at age 87.
• Massimiliano Gioni Named Director of New Museum in Manhattan · Massimiliano Gioni succeeds Lisa Phillips as the new director of the New Museum.
• 8 Art Books Reframe America's 250th Anniversary with Critical Histories · New art books challenge US nationalism by centering enslaved people, Indigenous rights, and queer history.
• Marciano Art Foundation Showcases John Giorno's 'Dial-a-Poem' Interactive Installations · An interactive exhibition in Los Angeles features John Giorno's experimental 'Dial-a-Poem' phone art installations.