Art
The Street Style of Armenian Women
Since 2008, the Armenia-based documentary photographer Anush Babajanyan has captured, in her words, "the brightest strangers in Armenia."
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.
Art
The Exhibitors Who Traveled Furthest for the NY Art Book Fair
Over half the exhibitors at this year's Printed Matter NY Art Book Fair are based in the United States, but international exhibitors, as always, have a strong presence, arriving from all corners of the world.
In Brief
MoMA Digitizes Exhibition Archives, Uploading Images and Data for 3,500 Shows
Did you happen to miss last year's blockbuster Picasso show at the Museum of Modern Art? Or perhaps you couldn't attend another momentous exhibition, the museum's 1938 presentation of the Bauhaus, because you didn't even exist yet.
Art
An Exhibit Examines van Gogh’s Illness, from a Rusty Revolver to a Doctor's Sketch of His Ear
One hundred and twenty-eight years after Vincent van Gogh took a razor to his ear — signaling the start of the tumultuous months leading up to his suicide attempt and death — we remain fascinated by the nature of the artist's illness.
Art
Highlighting Kenya’s Religious Pluralism by Painting Places of Worship Yellow
Last summer, a number of houses of worship in Nairobi gleamed yellow, with their walls freshly painted in sunshiny shades. This fall, more religious institutions in the Kenyan capital as well as in Mombasa will shine, standing out vividly against the otherwise normal landscape.
News
In Historic Move, Obama Designates Part of the Atlantic a Marine National Monument
To explore the United States's newest national monument, you're going to need a boat — or at least, some kind of device that keeps you afloat oceanic waters
Art
Preserving the Stories Behind Painstakingly Compiled Collections
To most people, fossilized candy, hairballs, and animal bones belong in the trash, but for Yuji Agematsu, such detritus deserves preservation for posterity.
In Brief
A Maya Codex Found in a Cave Is Authentic, Researchers Say
In the 1960s, looters searching a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, came across a rare, ancient codex rich with illustrations of weapon-wielding deities.
In Brief
Centuries-Old Crocodile Stone Discovered in Mexico
Since archaeologists came upon the remains of the ancient Mexican city of Lambityeco in the 1960s, questions about its architectural and ceremonial developments have lingered over excavations.
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In Brief
Donald Trump Used His Foundation's Money to Buy a Painting of Himself [UPDATED]
A thick veil of mystery swaths the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its many transactions, but a recent investigation has determined that its wispy-haired founder once spent $20,000 of his charity's money to purchase a portrait for his own keeping.
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From Tiny Stairs to Taxidermy Earrings, 200,000 Objects from Cooper Hewitt Go Online
Home to drawings, textiles, jewelry, furniture, and thousands of other design objects, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is taking increased advantage of the internet's digital real estate.
In Brief
Science Proves a Bird Didn’t Shit on Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”
Rembrandt may have painted with the aid of optics and the Mona Lisa may have had high cholesterol levels, but we can finally put at least one longstanding mystery that has apparently plagued art history to rest: white splatters that grace the canvas of the earliest and most famous of Edvard Munch's