Art
Identifying the Musical Tastes of Birds
PandoraBird appears as a simple bird feeder, but it functions like a music streaming and recommendation service.
Claire Voon
Claire Voon is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Singapore, she grew up near Washington, D.C. and is now based in Chicago.
News
A Utah Schoolteacher's Exceptional Collection of Cat Art Is Meow for Sale
Patrick Eddington wrote to countless writers and artists, from Kiki Smith to Marcel Dzama to Ray Bradbury, asking them to send him cat-related works. They did.
In Brief
Selfie-Seeking Tourist Topples 18th-Century Sculpture
Another museum has felt the sting of selfie culture, and this time it is in Portugal.
Art
Glimpses of 19th-Century Shanghai in Hand-Colored Photos
An exhibition features more than 35 prints by William Saunders, a British photographer who set up a studio in central Shanghai during the late Qing Dynasty.
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Miró’s Only Marble and Glass Mural Is Restored
Joan Miró painted many murals in his lifetime, but he designed only one made of glass and marble, for Wichita State University’s Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art. “Personnages Oiseaux,” or “Bird People,” was commissioned by the museum’s founding director Martin H. Bush. It adorned the building’s
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Marina Abramović Embroiled in Fake Hillary Clinton #SpiritCooking Controversy
It's totally chill if male Trump trolls bathe in pig's blood, but not if a female candidate's associate wants to attend a #SpiritCooking event.
Art
At the Montreal Biennial, Lessons in How to Look
Across the city, many works by the 55 artists participating in the 2016 Biennale de Montréal deal with the possibilities, limitations, and consequences of spectacle and spectatorship.
Art
A Silent Soundwalk, Noisy with Abstract Compositions
Christine Sun Kim revisits Max Neuhaus's "LISTEN" 50 years later, in which the musician took a group of his friends on a sonic journey through the Lower East Side.
Books
Trying Famous Photographers’ Recipes, from Avedon’s Pot Roast to Adams’s Eggs
The Photographer's Cookbook is a real gem for photo enthusiasts, featuring the favorite recipes of 50 major photographers, from William Eggleston to Marion Faller.
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From Dürer to Ensor, a Collection of Prints Gives Us Grim Reminders of Death
The 54 lots in this Christie's online auction span from the 15th to the 20th century and demonstrate an array of European attitudes towards death.
In Brief
Van Gogh's 128-Year-Old Bed May Rest in a Dutch Village
While researching his latest van Gogh book, scholar Martin Bailey tried to track down the yellow bed the artist famously painted and developed an alternate theory as to why he sliced his ear.
In Brief
From Bob Ross to a Monet Haystack, This Year's Best Art-Related Halloween Costumes
There were the usual Andy Warhols, of course, but it's not often you see a Louise Bourgeois with phallic sculpture in hand.