“Art history is essentially a bunch of stories. I thought our stories should be in there and they weren’t,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview.
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All the Beauty and the Tenderness of Nan Goldin
“I’m not so interested in photography anymore,” Goldin told our senior editor. “That should be the headline,” he replied.
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Marlene McCarty’s Unorthodox Visions in Ballpoint Pen
The artist talks about her epic drawings, her work in the AIDS activism collective Gran Fury, and why plants may hold the key to taking back our bodies.
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Lola Flash Has Got Some Stories to Tell
“For years, I didn’t want acceptance from the art world. I wanted the opposite, to be honest,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview.
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Kate Bornstein’s Life Through Four Dimensions of Gender
A freewheeling interview with the 76-year-old trans activist, artist, playwright, actor, and OG gender outlaw.
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High School Students Turn to TikTok to Share AP Art Portfolios
Portfolios are graded on a scale of one through five — but there’s nothing like public opinion to put one’s skills to the test.
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Weaver Roy Kady Is a Shepherd First
“That’s what traditional Navajo weaving is: an interpretation of your environment,” the Diné artist told Hyperallergic in an interview.
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Philip Yenawine’s Transformative Teaching
“I attribute what creativity I have to being gay,” explained the art historian and author in a conversation with Hyperallergic.
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Jimmy Wright’s Hymns to Queer Nightlife
“The sense of freedom I felt in New York had nothing to do with the art world,” the painter told Hyperallergic.
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Joey Terrill’s Windows Into Queer Chicano Life
“I want my work to have a confessional nature about my life, my identity, and who I am,” the artist said in an interview with Hyperallergic.
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Su Friedrich’s Life in Moving Images
“I always had the feeling that there isn’t just a single thing to do,” the artist told Hyperallergic. “I enjoy mixing text and images, real life and invented scenarios.”
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Power Traces the History of Policing in the US
Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, filmmaker Yance Ford was struck by the question: “What, exactly, do the police exist to do?”