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WEBA forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Sweet Little Cunt , a Long Overdue Tribute to ... - Hyperallergic
WEBHeather Kapplow December 21, 2018. (Image courtesy of Uncivilized Books) Ask most people to name the greatest working female cartoonist, and they’ll reply “Julie Doucet.”. They’re wrong ...
Photographs from a 1950s Cross-Dressing Retreat - Hyperallergic
WEBOct 29, 2014 — Photographs from a 1950s Cross-Dressing Retreat. An elegant black envelope arrived in my mailbox last week. Inside is a square, burgundy-colored folder containing a catalogue of 1950 and ’60s ...
An Illustrated Portrait of Lolita Fashion - Hyperallergic
WEBJul 4, 2017 — So Pretty/Very Rotten by Jane Mai and An Nguyen, published by Koyama Press (2017) This monologue, uttered by the Lolita fashion-obsessed protagonist of the cult movie Shimotsuma Monogatari ...
Looking at the Data Behind Free Museum Admission - Hyperallergic
WEBAug 17, 2015 — Nonprofit market researcher Colleen Dilenschneider recently took a look at the data to find out if free admission really helps engage underserved audiences and draw in new visitors. She presented ...
Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens
WEBNov 13, 2018 — Firstly, these people try to prove their theories by travelling the world and desecrating ancient artefacts. Secondly, they perpetuate and give air to the racist notion that only Europeans ...
The Story Behind a Misunderstood Satanic Monument
WEBSep 16, 2020 — The Story Behind a Misunderstood Satanic Monument. When Confederate memorials began to be toppled in June, far-right organizations called for the destruction of the Satanic Temple’s bronze ...
The Brutality of Little Bighorn, as Seen by Someone Who Was There
WEBSep 5, 2016 — The fall of George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry to the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, was depicted as a romantic tragedy in 19th-century art like Edgar Samuel Paxson’s “Custer ...
The Surrealist Roots of the “Vaporwave” Genre - Hyperallergic
WEBSep 17, 2020 — The aesthetic niche combining electronic music and digital art finds an ancestor in Surrealism, particularly in the self-taught French painter Yves Tanguy. Born on the internet almost 10 years ago ...
How to Recognize Right-wing Dog Whistles and Symbols
WEBJan 15, 2021 — Multiple Gadsen flags can be seen in the crowd of the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol on January 6. (photo by TapTheForwardAssist, via Wikimedia Commons). Left-wing organizations have documented far ...