Today, Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad pens a crystalline piece on the power of transgressive women in the art of Shahzia Sikander.
| Good morning! Today, Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad pens a crystalline piece on the power of transgressive women in the art of Shahzia Sikander. The artist's femme figures, she writes, “chart their own course on their own vessel, but embrace the flux.” Meanwhile, Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang visits the roof of the Met Museum to tune into artist Jennie C. Jones’s new sculptural commission, inspired by the many instruments in the institution's collection. And in the news, Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar reports on the latest artist set to join the ranks of sainthood, according to Pope Francis: Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Amen! Speaking of flux, 2025 has it in spades — and the MFA cohort at Parsons has artwork to guide us through the shitshow. Read on for Daniel Larkin's review of the students’ spring exhibition, a report on a Musk statue defaced in Texas, and a new book on the fine art of contemporary manicures that absolutely nails it. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | In the artist's works, a woman is at once a social subject pushing back against marginalization and a disruptive energy, a flow that transcends barriers. | Natalie Haddad |
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IN THE NEWS | | | A 12-foot Elon Musk bust inspired by a 2019 Reddit meme has been vandalized near the town of Boca Chica Village in south Texas. Pope Francis has officially initiated the sainthood process for the late Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí after declaring him venerable on Monday. |
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LATEST IN ART | | | The artist’s rooftop commission extends her translations between music and the physical world across sculptural forms inspired by the museum’s collection. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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| | Artists like Hannah Bang, Andrew Samuel Harrison, Sumaiya Saiyed, and Yeabsera Tabb share ways to relate to major changes beyond our control. | Daniel Larkin |
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ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | Writer Tembe Denton-Hurst argues that this wearable art form isn’t just an extension of our fingertips, but also an extension of ourselves. | Rhea Nayyar |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | Jane Hall surveys a century of women’s contributions to design, exploring the ways they have shaped life not only in our homes and workplaces, but in society at large. | Lauren Moya Ford |
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