{"id":1875431,"date":"2026-04-08T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875431"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:00:56","slug":"josh-kline-misses-the-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875431","title":{"rendered":"Josh Kline Misses the Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Josh Kline Misses the Mark<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\u2019s first retrospective in 25 years, Larissa Pham\u2019s debut novel about an artist and her predatory mentor, and the art collective reclaiming spirituality in art history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-08\">April 8, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, Josh Kline went viral for an inflammatory essay on the impossibility of making ends meet as an artist in New York City \u2014 a truth universally acknowledged yet rarely taken seriously. But as critic Aruna D\u2019Souza opines today, his conclusion that artists should leave the city altogether is not a long-term solution to the affordability crisis. \u201cWe\u2019re long past knowing where the problem lies,\u201d she writes. \u201cWhat we need to do now is figure out what to do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Claudia Ross probes another open secret in the art world, predatory student-teacher relationships, in critic and former painter Larissa Pham\u2019s new novel on the subject. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar also reports on Donald Trump&#8217;s horrific, genocidal proclamation of his plan to annihilate the entire Iranian &#8220;civilization&#8221; following weeks of bombings that have already killed thousands of civilians and destroyed around 50 cultural heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more, including Tom Burckhardt\u2019s subversive abstractions in our latest Beer With a Painter and the feminist collective working to reclaim spirituality in art history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Lastly, don&#8217;t forget to mark your calendars for the inimitable Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s <\/span><span>talk with artist Tonika Lewis Johnson<\/span><span>, whose social practice challenges the ongoing structures of racial segregation in the United States, on April 15 at 3pm (ET). Join us as a <\/span><span>Hyperallergic Member<\/span><span> to tune into their conversation!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/FRTar1200-3-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Faith Ringgold, \u201cTar Beach II\u201d (1990), silk screen on silk with pieced fabric (photo Jasmine Weber\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"unlike-josh-kline-i-choose-new-york\">Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York<\/h3>\n<p>His new article taps into deep frustrations about affordability, but I throw my lot in with those making change, rather than moving out. | Aruna D&#8217;Souza<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2269658784-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Damage from a mosque impacted in an airstrike on the Sharif University of Technology\u2019s data center in Tehran, Iran, on April 7 (photo Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"trump-threatens-to-wipe-out-iranian-civilization\">Trump Threatens to Wipe Out Iranian Civilization<\/h3>\n<p>The president\u2019s threats to destroy the Islamic regime have escalated to include the entire population of Iran and the millennia of history and culture preceding it. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Permutations-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings <\/em><\/i><span>at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) (photo Alex Paik\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"theresa-hak-kyung-cha-made-human-again\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again<\/h3>\n<p>Learning about Cha was like a secret revelation handed down among Asian American artists and poets. This show helped me appreciate her more clearly. | Alex Paik<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"in-%E2%80%9Cdiscipline%E2%80%9D-larissa-pham-explores-predatory-art-world-mentorship\">In \u201cDiscipline,\u201d Larissa Pham Explores Predatory Art-World Mentorship<\/h3>\n<p>The art critic and former painter reinvents the genre\u2019s well-trod territory in her debut novel, which makes heartbreakingly acute the consequences of teacher-student relationships. | Claudia Ross<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/HG1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Hilma\u2019s Ghost (left: Dannielle Tegeder, right: Sharmistha Ray) in front of their painting \u201cCosmic Altar\u201d (2024) (photo Max Yawney, courtesy Hilma\u2019s Ghost)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"elucidating-the-esoteric-with-hilma%E2%80%99s-ghost\">Elucidating the Esoteric with Hilma\u2019s Ghost<\/h3>\n<p>Through research and collaboration, a feminist art collective reclaims the place of alternative spiritualities in art history. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-31-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Tom Burckhardt (photo Jennifer Samet\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-tom-burckhardt\">Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite phrase lately is \u2018mouthfeel,\u2019 which is used in relation to food and drink,\u201d said the East Village artist. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about that textural quality as a parallel to the paintings.\u201d | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Doria Hughes on Nathan Gelgud&#8217;s &#8220;Frank O\u2019Hara\u2019s Curatorial Eye&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">In a perfect world, every nonfiction book that I am curious about would be reviewed with this wonderful mixture of visual artistry, verbal acuity, and well-calibrated anti-fascist shade. Gratitude!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/31399165847_5c7c58b8a2_o-scaled.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future<\/em><\/i><span> (2018-19) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (via Ryan Dicky\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span>Flickrstream<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"women-and-spiritualism-in-art\">Women and Spiritualism in Art<\/h3>\n<p>In her new book <em>The Other Side<\/em>, Jennifer Higgie pays tribute to celebrated and lesser-known women artists whose work intersected with the occult. | AX Mina<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Josh Kline Misses the Mark<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\u2019s first retrospective in 25 years, Larissa Pham\u2019s debut novel about an artist and her predatory mentor, and the art collective reclaiming spirituality in art history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-08\">April 8, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, Josh Kline went viral for an inflammatory essay on the impossibility of making ends meet as an artist in New York City \u2014 a truth universally acknowledged yet rarely taken seriously. But as critic Aruna D\u2019Souza opines today, his conclusion that artists should leave the city altogether is not a long-term solution to the affordability crisis. \u201cWe\u2019re long past knowing where the problem lies,\u201d she writes. \u201cWhat we need to do now is figure out what to do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Claudia Ross probes another open secret in the art world, predatory student-teacher relationships, in critic and former painter Larissa Pham\u2019s new novel on the subject. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar also reports on Donald Trump&#8217;s horrific, genocidal proclamation of his plan to annihilate the entire Iranian &#8220;civilization&#8221; following weeks of bombings that have already killed thousands of civilians and destroyed around 50 cultural heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more, including Tom Burckhardt\u2019s subversive abstractions in our latest Beer With a Painter and the feminist collective working to reclaim spirituality in art history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Lastly, don&#8217;t forget to mark your calendars for the inimitable Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s <\/span><span>talk with artist Tonika Lewis Johnson<\/span><span>, whose social practice challenges the ongoing structures of racial segregation in the United States, on April 15 at 3pm (ET). Join us as a <\/span><span>Hyperallergic Member<\/span><span> to tune into their conversation!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/FRTar1200-3-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Faith Ringgold, \u201cTar Beach II\u201d (1990), silk screen on silk with pieced fabric (photo Jasmine Weber\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"unlike-josh-kline-i-choose-new-york\">Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York<\/h3>\n<p>His new article taps into deep frustrations about affordability, but I throw my lot in with those making change, rather than moving out. | Aruna D&#8217;Souza<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2269658784-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Damage from a mosque impacted in an airstrike on the Sharif University of Technology\u2019s data center in Tehran, Iran, on April 7 (photo Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"trump-threatens-to-wipe-out-iranian-civilization\">Trump Threatens to Wipe Out Iranian Civilization<\/h3>\n<p>The president\u2019s threats to destroy the Islamic regime have escalated to include the entire population of Iran and the millennia of history and culture preceding it. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Permutations-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings <\/em><\/i><span>at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) (photo Alex Paik\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"theresa-hak-kyung-cha-made-human-again\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again<\/h3>\n<p>Learning about Cha was like a secret revelation handed down among Asian American artists and poets. This show helped me appreciate her more clearly. | Alex Paik<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"in-%E2%80%9Cdiscipline%E2%80%9D-larissa-pham-explores-predatory-art-world-mentorship\">In \u201cDiscipline,\u201d Larissa Pham Explores Predatory Art-World Mentorship<\/h3>\n<p>The art critic and former painter reinvents the genre\u2019s well-trod territory in her debut novel, which makes heartbreakingly acute the consequences of teacher-student relationships. | Claudia Ross<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/HG1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Hilma\u2019s Ghost (left: Dannielle Tegeder, right: Sharmistha Ray) in front of their painting \u201cCosmic Altar\u201d (2024) (photo Max Yawney, courtesy Hilma\u2019s Ghost)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"elucidating-the-esoteric-with-hilma%E2%80%99s-ghost\">Elucidating the Esoteric with Hilma\u2019s Ghost<\/h3>\n<p>Through research and collaboration, a feminist art collective reclaims the place of alternative spiritualities in art history. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-31-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Tom Burckhardt (photo Jennifer Samet\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-tom-burckhardt\">Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite phrase lately is \u2018mouthfeel,\u2019 which is used in relation to food and drink,\u201d said the East Village artist. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about that textural quality as a parallel to the paintings.\u201d | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Doria Hughes on Nathan Gelgud&#8217;s &#8220;Frank O\u2019Hara\u2019s Curatorial Eye&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">In a perfect world, every nonfiction book that I am curious about would be reviewed with this wonderful mixture of visual artistry, verbal acuity, and well-calibrated anti-fascist shade. Gratitude!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/31399165847_5c7c58b8a2_o-scaled.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future<\/em><\/i><span> (2018-19) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (via Ryan Dicky\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span>Flickrstream<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"women-and-spiritualism-in-art\">Women and Spiritualism in Art<\/h3>\n<p>In her new book <em>The Other Side<\/em>, Jennifer Higgie pays tribute to celebrated and lesser-known women artists whose work intersected with the occult. | AX Mina<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, Josh Kline went viral for an inflammatory essay on the impossibility of making ends meet as an artist in New York City \u2014 a truth universally acknowledged yet rarely taken seriously. But as critic Aruna D\u2019Souza opines today, his conclusion that artists should leave the city altogether is not a long-term solution to the affordability crisis. \u201cWe\u2019re long past knowing where the problem lies,\u201d she writes. \u201cWhat we need to do now is figure out what to do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Claudia Ross probes another open secret in the art world, predatory student-teacher relationships, in critic and former painter Larissa Pham\u2019s new novel on the subject. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar also reports on Donald Trump&#8217;s horrific, genocidal proclamation of his plan to annihilate the entire Iranian &#8220;civilization&#8221; following weeks of bombings that have already killed thousands of civilians and destroyed around 50 cultural heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more, including Tom Burckhardt\u2019s subversive abstractions in our latest Beer With a Painter and the feminist collective working to reclaim spirituality in art history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Lastly, don&#8217;t forget to mark your calendars for the inimitable Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s <\/span><span>talk with artist Tonika Lewis Johnson<\/span><span>, whose social practice challenges the ongoing structures of racial segregation in the United States, on April 15 at 3pm (ET). Join us as a <\/span><span>Hyperallergic Member<\/span><span> to tune into their conversation!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/FRTar1200-3-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Faith Ringgold, \u201cTar Beach II\u201d (1990), silk screen on silk with pieced fabric (photo Jasmine Weber\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"unlike-josh-kline-i-choose-new-york\">Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York<\/h3>\n<p>His new article taps into deep frustrations about affordability, but I throw my lot in with those making change, rather than moving out. | Aruna D&#8217;Souza<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2269658784-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Damage from a mosque impacted in an airstrike on the Sharif University of Technology\u2019s data center in Tehran, Iran, on April 7 (photo Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"trump-threatens-to-wipe-out-iranian-civilization\">Trump Threatens to Wipe Out Iranian Civilization<\/h3>\n<p>The president\u2019s threats to destroy the Islamic regime have escalated to include the entire population of Iran and the millennia of history and culture preceding it. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/Permutations-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings <\/em><\/i><span>at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) (photo Alex Paik\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"theresa-hak-kyung-cha-made-human-again\">Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again<\/h3>\n<p>Learning about Cha was like a secret revelation handed down among Asian American artists and poets. This show helped me appreciate her more clearly. | Alex Paik<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"in-%E2%80%9Cdiscipline%E2%80%9D-larissa-pham-explores-predatory-art-world-mentorship\">In \u201cDiscipline,\u201d Larissa Pham Explores Predatory Art-World Mentorship<\/h3>\n<p>The art critic and former painter reinvents the genre\u2019s well-trod territory in her debut novel, which makes heartbreakingly acute the consequences of teacher-student relationships. | Claudia Ross<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/HG1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Hilma\u2019s Ghost (left: Dannielle Tegeder, right: Sharmistha Ray) in front of their painting \u201cCosmic Altar\u201d (2024) (photo Max Yawney, courtesy Hilma\u2019s Ghost)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"elucidating-the-esoteric-with-hilma%E2%80%99s-ghost\">Elucidating the Esoteric with Hilma\u2019s Ghost<\/h3>\n<p>Through research and collaboration, a feminist art collective reclaims the place of alternative spiritualities in art history. | Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-31-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Tom Burckhardt (photo Jennifer Samet\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"beer-with-a-painter-tom-burckhardt\">Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite phrase lately is \u2018mouthfeel,\u2019 which is used in relation to food and drink,\u201d said the East Village artist. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about that textural quality as a parallel to the paintings.\u201d | Jennifer Samet<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Doria Hughes on Nathan Gelgud&#8217;s &#8220;Frank O\u2019Hara\u2019s Curatorial Eye&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">In a perfect world, every nonfiction book that I am curious about would be reviewed with this wonderful mixture of visual artistry, verbal acuity, and well-calibrated anti-fascist shade. Gratitude!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/31399165847_5c7c58b8a2_o-scaled.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future<\/em><\/i><span> (2018-19) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (via Ryan Dicky\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span>Flickrstream<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"women-and-spiritualism-in-art\">Women and Spiritualism in Art<\/h3>\n<p>In her new book <em>The Other Side<\/em>, Jennifer Higgie pays tribute to celebrated and lesser-known women artists whose work intersected with the occult. | AX Mina<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/41_Angel-Applicant-Resize-to_-Facebook_Instagram---3000px-W--72dpi--jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The first US museum exhibition to focus on the artist\u2019s late work, produced in response to the fascism of the 1930s. On view at the Jewish Museum through July 26, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Jewish Museum<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-9.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New York Studio School<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/033125_FineArtsBFAPaintingThesisExhibition_MP-22.jpg\" alt=\"Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school\u2019s graduating students. MFA and BFA work is on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Institute<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/roselynnsstudiohyperallergic-1-.JPG\" alt=\"NYU Steinhardt Presents 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">NYU Steinhardt Presents 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Part I: April 1\u201318, Part II: May 6\u201323. On view at 80WSE Gallery in New York\u2019s Greenwich Village. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">NYU Steinhardt<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/josh-kline-misses-the-mark\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Josh Kline Misses the Mark Plus Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\u2019s first retrospective in 25 years, Larissa Pham\u2019s debut novel about an artist and her predatory mentor, and the art collective reclaiming spirituality in art history. 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