Art
We Gave Medals to the Best Art at the Rio Olympics
They're all about sports, but that doesn't mean the 2016 Rio Olympics have no room for art.
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.
Opinion
Vanessa Beecroft Publicly Airs a Racist Perspective
One can only imagine the patience and tolerance required of New York Magazine writer Amy Larocca to spend time with Vanessa Beecroft and listen to the utter absurdity spewing from the artist’s mouth.
Art
Interactive Maps of the Metropolitan Museum Offer Fresh Views of Its Permanent Collections
It's fun to wander around the Metropolitan Museum of Art without a paper guide, but students in the School of Visual Arts' MFA Visual Narrative program have created a number of creative, interactive maps for the museum well worth consulting.
Art
A Public Art App Prompts You To Look Up and Away from Your Screen
The typical solution to improve traffic-related accidents is to edit city infrastructure: to put up better street signs, redesign intersections, or stencil the command "LOOK!" along curbsides in white paint, as New York City's Department of Transportation (DOT) has done.
News
Evidence Mounts that Rembrandt Used Optics to Paint Self-Portraits
A new study of Rembrandt's self-portraits provides more evidence to theories that the 17th-century artist, among other Old Master painters, used optics to produce his remarkably accurate works.
In Brief
Muslim Woman Deemed Suspicious for Reading a Syrian Art Book on a Plane
Airport officials in England detained a Muslim healthcare worker and interrogated her under the British Parliament's Terrorism Acts — for simply reading a book on Syrian art and culture.
In Brief
“Shazam for Art” Yanked from App Store After Data Theft Controversy
Magnus, the much-praised mobile app that branded itself as the "Shazam for art," is now off the market, following news that it operated using information grabbed from other art world databases as well as copyright claims by three German galleries.
News
Arts Professionals Condemn BP’s Renewed Cultural Sponsorships in the UK
Over 200 arts professionals and scientists have signed an open letter in The Times calling for an end to BP's new, five-year sponsorship deals with four major cultural institutions in the UK.
Art
Rare 18th-Century Soul Sculptures Go on View at the Hispanic Society
Maggots spill from the bare ribcage of the toothy skeleton, and the poor soul in hell, his skin blood-red, is tearing apart his own torso. These are two of the four fates of the soul, as so horrifically and magnificently crafted by whom experts believe is the 18th-century Ecuadorian sculptor, Manuel
In Brief
Egypt's Oldest Written Papyri Reveal Routines of Great Pyramid Builders
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has unveiled the country's oldest written papyri that archaeologists have found so far, placing the delicate fragments on display last month.
In Brief
Russians Vote to Dress Up “David” Replica to Appease Local Prudes
St. Petersburg residents will vote on how to dress a replica statue of Michelangelo's "David" that came to the city in May, following a complaint from a woman who said his nudity "spoils the city's historic appearance and warps children's souls."
In Brief
1,400-Square-Foot Roman Mosaic of Hercules's Labors Found in Cyprus
Construction crews working on the sewage system beneath the southern coastal city of Larnaca in Cyprus recently found themselves face-to-face with Roman-era scenes of toil: a large-scale mosaic floor of the Labors of Hercules dating to the 2nd century CE.