The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news and reviews. hyperallergic.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mmcugdigpc2tNicole Kidman helped promote a $1 billion sale at Christie’s that set new auction records for Pollock and Brancusi works. https://hyperallergic.com/nicole-kidmans-billion-dollar-breakfast-at-christies/20 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcugdigpc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mmcnnywpon2dArtist Bahar Behbahani convened over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups for a four-hour event on Governor’s Island, creating a Persian garden that blended performance and dialogue with rest and community. https://hyperallergic.com/a-persian-garden-blooms-on-governors-island/20 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcnnywpon2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mmc6vwboum2mThe painted book cover is back, which may reflect a broader desire for proof of the artist’s hand in the digital age. Writer Tara Anne Dalbow says that “in a market flooded with design templates and AI-generated imagery, the painted cover stands out as distinctly human.” https://hyperallergic.com/the-painted-book-cover-is-back/20 May 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc6vwboum2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mmbzdd36fw2dThe city of Paterson, New Jersey, celebrated Palestine Day last Sunday, May 17, by unveiling its new Gaza Square on Main Street with a sculpture by artist and activist Kyle Goen. https://hyperallergic.com/gaza-love-monument-unveiled-in-paterson-nj/20 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbzdd36fw2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mmaazyjnrs2dMore than a third of Mana Contemporary’s artists opened their spaces to the public for its spring open studios event, the largest participation number in years. https://hyperallergic.com/a-contemporary-art-haven-just-a-path-ride-away/19 May 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaazyjnrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm7yvesq2i2nGabrielle Goliath’s show “Elegy” is South Africa’s unofficial pavilion for the Venice Biennale after its participation was canceled by the country’s Culture Minister. A call to action, writer Aruna D’Souza says the exhibition “proposes that grief is a necessary tool for building solidarity.” https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-sounds-a-call-to-action-in-venice/19 May 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7yvesq2i2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm7v5kvabz2mThe flailing arms and large pink breasts of Sarah Lucas’s new public sculpture “VENUS VICTORIA” (2026) towers over the endless flow of traffic in front of the New Museum. This piece is part of the institution’s news series of public works by women artists over the next decade. https://hyperallergic.com/whos-that-nude-figure-on-a-washing-machine-outside-the-new-museum/19 May 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7v5kvabz2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm7thwctvv2uRight-wing news outlets published back-to-back articles characterizing British-Nigerian arts trustee Misan Harriman’s recent social media posts as antisemitic, prompting thousands to submit complaints to the United Kingdom’s Independent Press Standards Organisation. https://hyperallergic.com/thousands-decry-right-wing-smear-campaign-against-misan-harriman/19 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7thwctvv2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm7q4o7pwu2mOver 100 staff members across departments at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) have announced their intention to unionize, urging leadership to voluntarily recognize the union by Wednesday, May 27. https://hyperallergic.com/seattle-art-museum-workers-move-to-unionize/19 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7q4o7pwu2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm7mt5l4bn2dBeach reads are officially back, but our writers recommend that you check out these 12 books in between your escapist fantasy novels and trendy memoirs. https://hyperallergic.com/12-art-books-to-kick-off-summer/19 May 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7mt5l4bn2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm5q5773az2tAt the NADA New York art fair, Artist Steven Weinberg found himself wanting to draw all of the three-dimensional pieces — so he did just. https://hyperallergic.com/my-nada-sketchbook/18 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5q5773az2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm5mbtehaa23In this week’s A View From the Easel, read all about Lavett Ballard — artist and Barbie curator extraordinaire — who organizes exhibitions and transforms wood in the former chemistry lab of a high school-turned-community center. https://hyperallergic.com/a-view-from-the-easel-33718 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5mbtehaa23https://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm5jifyeob2yAustrian artist Valie Export was a powerfully provocative yet playful force in feminist art. Her performances and filmed media works reclaimed the female body through guerrilla modes of delivery that bypassed institutional restrictions. https://hyperallergic.com/artist-valie-export-who-saw-right-through-the-male-gaze-dies-at-85/18 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5jifyeob2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm5eondbc626Todd Gray’s new exhibition “Portals” and commissioned installation “Octavia’s Gaze” at LACMA reframe Black diasporic history, enticing viewers to “keep looking, find connections, and ask questions,” says writer David S. Rubin. https://hyperallergic.com/todd-gray-reframes-black-diasporic-history/18 May 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5eondbc626https://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm5cyyloxp23The journey of Zhanna Kadyrova’s sculpture “The Origami Deer” mirrors that of Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s continued attacks. Art critic Gregory Volk writes that the sculpture, now on view at the Venice Biennale, is a “totemic animal for these trying, war-wracked, freedom-seeking times.” https://hyperallergic.com/the-ukrainian-pavilions-deer-seen-around-the-world/18 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5cyyloxp23https://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm2sk2v4622dPainter, educator, and Civil Rights activist Mary Lovelace O’Neal died on May 10. Lovelace O’Neal was perhaps best known for her Lampblack paintings, which are insistent declarations of Blackness and presence in spaces where Black families and women have historically not been welcome. https://hyperallergic.com/mary-lovelace-oneal-painter-and-civil-rights-luminary-dies-at-84/17 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2sk2v4622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mm2lvc5v4f2yAustrian artist Valie Export, a powerfully provocative yet playful force in feminist art, died on May 14. Her performances and filmed media works reclaimed the female body through guerrilla modes of delivery that bypassed institutional restrictions. https://hyperallergic.com/artist-valie-export-who-saw-right-through-the-male-gaze-dies-at-85/17 May 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2lvc5v4f2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlyc35oeww2yIf Frieze New York feels like an assembly-line salad this year, then the Independent art fair feels like the assembly line. https://hyperallergic.com/independent-art-fair-trades-downtown-for-the-world/16 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyc35oeww2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mly6pu3q662mThis week’s art movements include the announcement of the new chief curator at Cooper Hewitt, the Getty grants $1.8M for Black visual art archives, and an artist’s cheeky plea on the High Line. https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-michelle-millar-fisher-heads-to-cooper-hewitt/16 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly6pu3q662mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mly3geaapu2cBrooklyn Creative Reuse, a new sustainable second-hand market for art materials in Industry City, might give Blick a run for its money while helping you save some of yours. https://hyperallergic.com/at-brooklyn-creative-reuse-art-supplies-get-a-second-life/16 May 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly3geaapu2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlxxhfrlam2tInstead of presenting a series of segmented gallery booths, the New York show Future Fair fosters connections between them. https://hyperallergic.com/future-fair-is-a-big-artist-party/16 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxxhfrlam2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlwdf5uv4b23"Frieze New York is an assembly-line salad," says Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia.15 May 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwdf5uv4b23https://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlwdeykot42dWriter Aaron Short asks "How do the wealthy choose their art these days?" Peek inside TEFAF New York’s annual “wealth pageant," in Short's review. https://hyperallergic.com/inside-tefaf-new-yorks-annual-wealth-pageant/15 May 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwdeykot42dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlwckt3iz32mStaff writer Rhea Nayyar explores the seemingly interchangeable tropes and trends present at the 12th annual New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair including vibrant kitsch, zany little sculptures, shiny stuff™, and lots of florals (in the spring? groundbreaking!). https://hyperallergic.com/between-tropes-and-treats-at-nada-new-york/15 May 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwckt3iz32mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlw6qgtvgd2tArt critic Seph Rodney notes that though it’s smaller than previous editions, the contemporary African art fair 1-54 “draws our attention to works that are tactile, surprising, and alive with material expression.” https://hyperallergic.com/the-joy-of-discovery-at-1-54-art-fair/15 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw6qgtvgd2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlw4pbqil22dThis week, we honor Swiss collector Bruno Bischofberger, discerning art critic Manuela Hoelterhoff , and champion of performance art Steven Durland. https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-bruno-bischofberger-manuela-hoelterhoff-and-steven-durland/15 May 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw4pbqil22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlw2v2y5ro2dNeed a recap for the news this week? Check out our required reading list including artists’ antidote to AI slop, Kimberlé Crenshaw’s new memoir, New Orleans and climate change, an Art Deco train, and what do sex workers think about “Euphoria”? https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-784/15 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw2v2y5ro2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlvwzodvcx2dAt the exhibition “Sophie Rivera: Double Exposures,” writer Julia Curl notes that this survey of the late Nuyorican artist drives the viewer through wonder, horror, and laughter without necessarily leading one to acceptance. https://hyperallergic.com/sophia-riveras-mythology-of-everyday-new-york/15 May 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvwzodvcx2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mlvtbuutzo2mIn a surprise move, cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder’s Neue Galerie will merge with The Metropolitan Museum of Art down the street on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The rare merger will come into effect in 2028. https://hyperallergic.com/manhattans-neue-galerie-to-merge-with-met-museum/15 May 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvtbuutzo2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperallergic.com/post/3mltgkqyzoz2rWe asked 13 fairs to open up about booth pricing, and what they shared (and didn’t) revealed much about transparency and affordability in the art world. https://hyperallergic.com/what-does-a-booth-cost-at-a-new-york-art-fair/14 May 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:4isvv7q3p52sbntcd3npzh7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltgkqyzoz2r