Interview
Masks for the Surveillance State
SAN FRANCISCO — It seems like everyone is making artistic reactions to our increasingly surveilled world.
Ben Valentine
Art
Using Google Street View to Counter Mexico's Police Violence
The Google Street View photos of Mexican police and army forces gathered on “100 mts” are raw and menacing.
Opinion
Dancing with Drones
Eleven Play is a Japanese dance group that incorporates advanced technologies directly into their practice.
Art
Standouts from a California MFA Show Worth Seeing
SAN FRANCISCO — This year I finally made it to California College of the Arts' (CCA) MFA Thesis Exhibition. CCA has one of the best graduate art programs in the Bay Area, and I was eager to see the work coming out of its studios.
Art
Ugandans Fight to Save the Miniskirt
Last week, Ugandan officials passed the 2011 Anti-Pornography Bill. Ugandans on Twitter (#UOT) were quick to join the fray with memes and a hashtag.
Opinion
High Profile Exits Raise Questions About Indianapolis Museum
The new director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's short tenure has been marked by a spate of departures.
Opinion
Indianapolis Museum of Art in Jeopardy?
In the last few years the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) has developed a deserved national and international reputation. The IMA’s 100 acre Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which opened in 2010, is one of the largest contemporary sculpture parks in the world, and one of the only such parks
Art
Revisiting Tumblr as Art
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of commissioned essay for The World's First Tumblr Art Symposium [http://hyperallergic.com/65452/announcing-the-worlds-first-tumblr-art-symposium/]. This essay is a revised and expanded version of Ben Valentine's "Tumblr as Art [http://hyperallergic.com/4
Opinion
Cloaque's One-Year Anniversary Project Harnesses the "Collaborative Potential of the Internet"
For the one year anniversary of the Tumblr artwork “Cloaque,” founders Claudia Maté and Carlos Sáez decided to do something a little different; they pushed their Tumblr project and added a collaborative video. In case you missed it, “Cloaque” is one of my favorite Tumblrs. It is an endless collage m
Interview
Painting the Homeless
BERKELEY, California — Hugh Leeman’s work didn’t immediately impress me. It had a distinct Bay Area style, which is not my personal favorite — his paintings are loose, colorful, street art–influenced, and have some realistic surrealism mixed in — but what caught my attention in Leeman’s practice was
Art
The Aesthetics of Democracy
BERKELEY, California — This election year both candidates used overly aestheticized imagery for their campaigns, but what is the place for quality art in our democracy?
Interview
Gays, Grindr, the Holocaust Memorial, and Art: An Interview with Marc Adelman
BERKELEY, California — Marc Adelman's project, "Stelen (Columns)" has been met with critical acclaimed and controversy. It's time to hear what the artist himself has to say about the series.