This year, for the first time in its history, the Hawai‘i Triennial expanded its presence from Honolulu and O‘ahu to Maui and Hawai‘i Island, taking over sites like a botanical garden and a community college.
| Good morning. This year, for the first time in its history, the Hawai‘i Triennial expanded its presence from Honolulu and O‘ahu to Maui and Hawai‘i Island, taking over sites like a botanical garden and a community college. This gesture of inclusion is replicated in big and small ways throughout the shows, writes Stephanie Smith today, from the triennial's very title, ALOHA NŌ, to Meleanna Aluli Meyer’s inhabitable centerpiece sculpture.
In the news, Staff Reporter Maya Pontone breaks down New York City’s proposed budget for arts and culture as advocates rallied for increased funding outside City Hall this week. At the core of their calls for a higher baseline is the loss of millions in federal dollars for the city’s museums and institutions. Will our embattled mayor step in to fill the gap?
Also locally, hundreds of faculty members at the School of Visual Arts are now unionized after a successful vote, paving the way for what staff hope will be better pay and job security. Read on for Required Reading, A View From the Easel, and more. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | | |
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| | The triennial has been a reminder to seek creative ways to link tradition and the present moment and to connect across difference. | Stephanie Smith |
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SPONSORED | | | | | The Los Angeles theater, now in its 60th year, works to cultivate, invite, and produce authentic stories told from within the AAPI communities. Learn more |
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LATEST NEWS | | | Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were attending an event for diplomatic professionals at the Capitol Jewish Museum. | Isa Farfan |
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| | | Arts and culture advocates, from museum workers to school teachers, rallied outside City Hall this week for higher baselines in the 2026 budget. | Maya Pontone |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Angels Above Fear reintroduces a once-celebrated master of “abstracted realism” whose haunting works deserve renewed attention. Learn more |
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| | Nearly 1,200 faculty members at the New York arts and design institution will be represented by the new union after a two-thirds vote in favor. | Rhea Nayyar |
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| ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | “Central heating would be nice.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Graduate student work representing 19 disciplines is featured in this exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center and its accompanying digital publication. Learn more |
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| | This week: Mona Chalabi on animating hijabis, the history of screensavers, Mexican activists fight big tech, the flip phone revolution, Pedro Pascal cookies, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| GRAPHIC DESIGN DEEP DIVE | | | For nearly 20 years between the two world wars, E. McKnight Kauffer, an American, was the most celebrated graphic designer in England. | Caitlin Condell and Emily M. Orr |
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| | | The digital Letterform Archive has made nearly 1,500 objects accessible to browse online through over 9,000 high-resolution images. | Megan N. Liberty |
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TRANSITIONS | | June Edmonds is now represented by Galerie Lelong.
Sayre Gomez is now represented by David Kordansky Gallery.
Kenji Ide is now represented by Matthew Brown Gallery.
Nathalie Khayat is now represented by Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Agnieszka Kurant is now represented by Marian Goodman Gallery in collaboration with Vitamin Creative Space.
Nabil Nahas will represent Lebanon at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
The estate of Susan Rothernberg is now represented by Hauser & Wirth.
Lauren Satlowski is now represented by Timothy Taylor gallery. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | Sohrab Hura won the 2025 Eye Art and Film Prize from the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
Lindokuhle Sobekwa won the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School announced its four fellows under its 2025–2027 Focus Theme Matter of Intelligence: Moriah Evans, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Joyce Joumaa, and Kira Xonorika. |
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