My new favorite description of Christianity’s God is from Vince Staples (~16:05):...
My new favorite description of Christianity’s God is from Vince Staples (~16:05): “a floating man with a blowout” .
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10 Artworks That Spoke Truth to Power in 2025
From public murals to museum walls, artists mobilized their practices to call out injustices, expose wrongdoing, and advocate for a better world.
Hyperallergic’s 20 Most Read Stories of 2025
From our coverage of the Louvre heist to the rising authoritarianism in the White House, this year has generated plenty of fodder for art discourse, memes, and more.
It’s Time to Accept That the US Supreme Court Is Illegitimate and...
It’s Time to Accept That the US Supreme Court Is Illegitimate and Must Be Replaced . “…so that Americans don’t have to suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule that makes a parody of the democracy they were promised.”
The Anthony Bourdain Reader
The Anthony Bourdain Reader ( Amazon ) is a collection of writings from the late author, TV host, and chef, including some unpublished pieces. The Anthony Bourdain Reader is also a showcase for new and never-before-seen material, like diary entries from Bourdain’s first trip
Digging the soulful jazz + drum & bass energy of Chanpan. Hard...
Digging the soulful jazz + drum & bass energy of Chanpan . Hard to categorize what this is — so many influences and styles . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Clean Energy Is Still Winning. These 10 Charts Prove It. In March...
Clean Energy Is Still Winning. These 10 Charts Prove It. In March 2025, more electricity was generated with clean energy than with fossil fuels for the first time. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Martin Scorsese remembers his friend Rob Reiner. “He had a beautiful sense...
Martin Scorsese remembers his friend Rob Reiner . “He had a beautiful sense of uninhibited freedom, fully enjoying the life of the moment, and he had a great barreling laugh.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Adam Serwer: “The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so...
Adam Serwer : “The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back.”
Are We Still Loving Pluribus?
Since we had a robust discussion last month on whether Pluribus sucks or not, I thought I’d ask: now that the season finale has aired, what did you think of the first season as a whole? My impression of the show has improved slightly, but this feeling remains: It was
The data is clear: congestion pricing in NYC has been a “huge...
The data is clear: congestion pricing in NYC has been a “huge success” . “Pollution: -22%. Revenue for mass transit: $548M.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Infinite Ball Drop: what if the Times Square NYE ball started dropping...
Infinite Ball Drop : what if the Times Square NYE ball started dropping now? (It’s currently more than 200 miles above the surface of the Earth.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
A message from our editor-in-chief
I joined Hyperallergic six years ago because I was drawn to its integrity and its commitment to tell stories that no other art publication would. And then I discovered the most rewarding part of working here — the freedom to speak my mind without fear. That’s not
A Year in Blue and Green
As writers and artists, we say the quiet part out loud, and we leave a record of our refusals and dreams.
Giving Our Bodies Back to the Earth: The Rise of Natural Burial
"What if your body could nourish the land long after you’re gone?"
Your best work
“Feels So Good” and “Chuck E’s in Love” were megahits. They transformed the careers of their creators. But any fan of Mangione or Jones will tell you that it’s far from their best work. Not even close. And yet, that’s what the crowds came to hear. In a long tail world filled
Salvador Dalí’s Surreal Jewelry Designs: From Throbbing Heart Necklaces to Medusa Brooches
Upon hearing the name of Salvador Dalí, even a total layman in the art world is bound to get visions of melting clocks. Surprisingly, for an artist who showed so much self-marketing savvy, Dalí never brought an actual timepiece in that distinctively, even canonically surreal
When Friends Become Lovers: H.G. Wells on Navigating Blurring Boundaries
Relationships are the great creative work of our lives. They are, like every creative endeavor, a process demanding both systematic intentionality and surrender. If we show up for that process with courage and consistency, it will surprise us, shatter our complacency, take us