Hyperallergic

You’ve heard of Chicken Little, but what about Chicken Linda? At her Upstate New York home, feminist performance artist Linda Mary Montano opened the door for writer Taliesin Thomas wearing a “devotional chicken costume” — words I never thought I’d see in that order. The rest of their conversation is just about as unexpected, zany, and charmingly bizarre as you’d expect. You ...

I visited Linda Mary Montano at her home in Saugerties, New York, on a snowy morning in late January. When I entered, I was transported into a living shrine, and the octogenarian artist gracefully hovered about as if she were the resident angel. After a warm welcome, she floated upstairs to put on her “Chicken Linda” outfit, which allowed me a moment to take in the scene. Mon...

On the heels of an uninspiring AI tribute to Leo Messi at Christie's last year, one of the greatest artworks about soccer — or football, as it should be called — ever created is coming to New York City this summer.

Douglas G...

This fall, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) in East Harlem will open the Puffin Foundation Center for Social Activism, dedicated to civic engagement, social justice, and the city’s rich history as a hotbed of political organizing. 

The center will replace the museum’s Puffin Foundation Gallery for Social Activism, which opened in 2012 and is home to the pe...

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) President Ravi S. Rajan was met with loud boos from students at the school's graduation ceremony last Friday, May 15. As Rajan took the stage to deliver his commencement address, students held signs that rea...