NEW JOB: Visual Art Critic / Reporter at the Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

by Alicia | Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized

Hello! I’m excited to share that I recently started working as a visual art critic/reporter at the Star Tribune Minneapolis. Read my stories: http://www.startribune.com/alicia-eler/424327523/  

“Obama Pens Apology to an Art Historian” for Hyperallergic Featured on The Rachel Maddow Show + Hardball with Chris Matthews [TV]

by Alicia | Apr 10, 2017 | News, Press, TV

The news I broke for Hyperallergic ended up on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show and NBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews.  MADDOW: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/gop-ties-us-hands-on-ukraine-with-odd-demands-205609539679...

The Women Behind Netflix’s Girlboss Share How You Can Start Being the Boss of Your Own Life / GLAMOUR

by Alicia | Mar 28, 2017 | GLAMOUR Magazine, Writing

When Charlize Theron read Sophia Amoruso’s memoir, #Girlboss, about the eBay entrepreneur’s unconventional approach to starting the Nasty Gal empire, it wasn’t the author’s history of dumpster diving or her rebellious attitude that drew Theron in. No, “every page was...

Britney Spears’ Greatest Cultural Contribution Is Her Instagram Account

by Alicia | Mar 28, 2017 | Press

From The Huffington Post, March 20, 2018, by Priscilla Frank:  And I mean that with all the respect in the world ????????????????????????‍????????????????????????????????????????????????????. By Priscilla Frank ILLUSTRATION: DAMON DAHLEN/HUFFPOST PHOTOS:...

The Queer Art that Helped Define Post-Blackness – Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Mar 1, 2017 | Hyperallergic, Writing

LOS ANGELES — “Post-black” is a term that’s thrown around a lot, though its meaning is not totally fixed. In Derek Conrad Murray’s book Queering Post-Black Art: Artists Transforming African-American Identity After Civil Rights, he argues that the intersectionality of...