Leave it to artists to bring the best signs to a protest.
| Leave it to artists to bring the best signs to a protest. A bounty of artworks filled the streets at Saturday’s nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations, where some truly creative posters took aim at the draconian administration and put our 2016 signs to shame. Check out the most inventive art we saw below. Meanwhile, protesters in DC unfurled a 200-foot-long banner bearing the names of the known Palestinians in Gaza killed by the Israeli military since October 2023, along with a poignant installation of 17,000 pairs of shoes — one for every child.
Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang reflects on the shadow of militarism in a review today, considering the work of Ukrainian artist Vladimir Tatlin in his first North American show. At the Morgan Library and Museum, Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad critiques a show that anyone who delights in the term “Kafkaesque” simply must see.
Read on for more New York City shows to visit this week, recommended by our team, and see if you can solve the latest edition of the Hyperallergic Art Crossword (hint: If you listen to our podcast, you’re already ahead!). — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | In nationwide demonstrations this weekend, protesters left “Dump Trump” in 2016 and opted for cheekier and artistically inclined messaging. | Valentina Di Liscia |
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SPONSORED | | | | | From its beginning in Wright’s Detroit basement, the museum has cultivated increased visibility for all African Americans by showing other institutions how to build their own storytelling apparatuses. Learn more |
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IN THE NEWS | | | Approximately 17,000 pairs of shoes lined Pennsylvania Avenue in a memorial for Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military since October 2023. 21 states have filed a lawsuit against Trump to prevent the widescale razing of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and two other federal agencies. David Hockney was left fuming after the Paris Metro banned a photo of him holding a cigarette from being used in an ad for his forthcoming retrospective. |
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THIS MONTH’S CROSSWORD | | | Kick off spring with clues on Simone de Beauvoir’s undersung artist sister, a newly reopened Manhattan museum, dog breeds, fairytale lingo, and much more. | Natan Last |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Johnson’s latest exhibition of seven large-scale paintings are now on view in San Francisco. Learn more |
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LATEST IN ART | | | Our favorite shows of the week all center individual creators, from big names like Tatlin and Kafka to contemporary artists like Judy Linn. | Natalie Haddad, Lisa Yin Zhang, John Yau, Seph Rodney, Alexandra M. Thomas |
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| | | In this exhibition, we are relying on the information we’re given to try to attain a mythologized goal that is always out of reach. | Natalie Haddad |
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| | | The first North American exhibition of one of Ukraine’s most important artists reclaims his legacy while the country weathers Russia’s war. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | Between 1886 and 1942, the US Department of Agriculture commissioned watercolorists to document the food from farms and orchards. | Lauren Moya Ford |
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