Memes are no laughing matter. Few other visual mediums can compete with their efficacy in landing a message and illustrating the social or political zeitgeist.
Memes are no laughing matter. Few other visual mediums can compete with their efficacy in landing a message and illustrating the social or political zeitgeist. That’s why we take them seriously here at Hyperallergic. So, without further ado, we present our list of the best memes of 2024, from the “Brat Summer” craze to Donald Trump’s bullet-grazed ear. Enjoy it. In other stories, the Guggenheim Museum’s Deputy Director and Chief Curator Naomi Beckwith is named the artistic director of Documenta 16 in Kassel, Germany. It's a bold choice given the high probability of being singed by the nine circles of hell known as German politics. Also today: an overview of griffins in art history, Holly Lane’s secular shrines to the environment, and is the New York Times deliberately limiting photos of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione? One last thing: It’s not an easy time to be an independent online publication. We need every bit of your support. The best way to do that is by joining as a Hyperallergic Member. It’s more or less what you’d pay for a museum membership, and with access to special events and tours, ad-free reading, and more, we promise to make it just as rewarding. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | |
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| | | From a chronically moisturized baby hippo to Trump’s bloody ear and the glorification of Luigi Mangione, nothing was off limits this year. | Rhea Nayyar |
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SPONSORED | | | | The nude in a new light: This exhibition pushes the boundaries of an age-old genre with 28 paintings by Vanessa Bell, Lucian Freud, Barkley L. Hendricks, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, and more. Learn more |
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LATEST REVIEWS | | | | Out of Site focuses on the scientific tools used to map the West’s resource-rich landscape, and how those technologies have become forces of destruction. | Renée Reizman |
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SPONSORED | | | | All admitted students receive a full tuition waiver, a stipend, health insurance, and additional funds for research travel. Learn more |
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| | | Historically, cinema has invoked the architectural movement as an easy shorthand for villainy. In The Brutalist, though, it embodies a proletarian dream. | Dan Schindel |
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| | | | Despite its ambition to expand our definition of the creature to include other winged, hybrid beasts, Griffinology is hemmed in by a European framework. | Tamar Boyadjian |
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| | | | The artist evokes a keen awareness of the threats facing the environment by honoring it through opulent, reliquary-style frames and delicate paintings. | John Seed |
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IN MEMORIAM | Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (c. 1939–2024)
Indian painter and sculptor of the Baiga ethnic group | Hindu Mark Braunias (1955–2024)
New Zealander abstract painter | New Zealand Herald Steven Englander (1961–2024)
Director of Lower East Side nonprofit ABC No Rio | Hyperallergic Jean Adamson (1928–2024)
Children’s books illustrator | Times Douglas Gorney (1961–2024)
San Francisco painter and printmaker | Richmond Sunset News Yasuomi “Hashi” Hashimura (1945–2024)
Japanese-American photographer | Tokyo Weekender William “Bill” J. Hennessy, Jr. (1957–2024)
Courtroom and congressional sketch artist | Daily Cartoonist Lorraine O’Grady (1934–2024)
Conceptual artist and critic | Hyperallergic Joseph Rykwert (1926–2024)
Architecture scholar | RIBA Journal Macoto Takahashi (1934–2024)
Pioneering Japanese shojo manga artist | Comic Book |
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