| Art Spiegelman may be best known for his legendary Maus, the only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, but the cartoonist changed the face of comics in the 20th century. With the new documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse now in theaters, Dan Schindel talked to the artist and writer over Zoom about his long and influential career. Meanwhile, Matt Stromberg spoke with artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, one of many Altadena residents who lost their homes and livelihoods in the Eaton Fire in January. Using ash from the destroyed region, Aparicio and several volunteers collaborated on a painting unveiled at a rally on March 11 targeting the fossil fuel industry. And in the Bay Area, layoffs may be on the horizon at the Asian Art Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco as part of a city-mandated budget-reduction plan. Locally, Jasmine Weber visits the Leubsdorf Gallery at Hunter College to look at the history of Acts of Art, a short-lived gallery that gave a platform to Black artists at the height of the Black Arts Movement. Finally, if you’re a van Gogh fan (and you know you are), make sure to read our excerpt of Miles J. Unger’s A Fire in His Soul: Van Gogh, Paris, and the Making of an Artist. If you’re anything like us, you’ll be hooked. — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor | | |
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 | | On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more. | Dan Schindel |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Kelly Sinnapah Mary creates paintings, sculptures, and installations that draw upon the complex interrelationships between folklore, literature, inheritance, history, and the natural world. The Book of Violette represents the latest chapter of an ongoing visual notebook in which the artist explores a rich repository of memories, mythologies, and superstitions.
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A protest painting made by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, David Solnit, and dozens of volunteers calls out the fossil fuel industry’s role in the recent LA wildfires. -
New Penn Station renovation renderings echo President Trump's push for classical federal architecture. -
The Asian Art Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco may turn to layoffs and reduced operating hours in order to meet the city’s budget reduction plan.
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BOOK EXCERPT |  | | The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life. | Miles J. Unger |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | The Center for Craft will award up to six $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic. Learn more |
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LATEST IN ART |  | | Founded in 1969 by Nigel Jackson and Patricia Grey, Acts of Art exemplified the spirit of a subversive and consequential period in Black art history. | Jasmine Weber |
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|  | | The artist’s sculptures and video works, which meditate on money, politics, and power, may help us understand our worldwide far-right upheaval. | Alex Jen |
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|  | | Artists Rising 2025, organized by the Studio Institute, brings together works by dozens of 10th- to 12th-graders from across the boroughs. | Maya Pontone |
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ICYMI |  | | The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy. | David D’Arcy |
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IM MEMORIAM | | Suzanne Bloom (1943–2025)
Artist and educator who was half of artistic duo MANUAL | Glasstire
Juan Hamilton (1945–2025)
Artist and caretaker and contested heir of Georgia O’Keeffe | New York Times
Azmi Hussin (1984–2025)
Malaysian political cartoonist | Malay Mail
Carol McNicoll (1943–2025)
English ceramics artist | Guardian
Alessandra Mondolfi (1969–2025)
Artist and activist | Miami New Times
Chris Moore (1947–2025)
British illustrator of iconic sci-fi books | New York Times
Geoff Nicholson (1953–2025)
British comic artist and writer | New York Times
Tatsumi Orimoto (1946–2025)
Performance artist known for Bread Man character | ArtReview
Ricardo Scofidio (1935–2025)
Architect who designed museums and other buildings | New York Times
David Sellers (1938–2025)
Experimental architect | New York Times
Hiroshi Sueyoshi (1946–2025)
Sculptor, ceramicist, and educator | Wilmington StarNews |
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