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 new lawsuit greets Richard Prince in the new year. Following the appropriation artist's unauthorized use in 2014 of a picture of a Rastafarian smoking, its photographer, Donald Graham, is now suing Prince.
Books
Like in many of the world's most densely populated nations, real estate in Japan is tough to come by.
Art
What might a Raphael sound like, based on the particular colors of its paint?
News
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has discovered six rock cut statues inside two adjoining shrines, previously believed to be completely destroyed by an earthquake that shook the region centuries ago.
News
Since Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season.
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In Brief
Throw out your art supplies and dive into into engineering and policymaking instead because being an artist isn't worth it — or at least that's what Old Navy suggests with a line of T-shirts.
Art
Alexis Rockman is probably known best for his large-scale, vividly colored paintings that encapsulate the threatened state of the natural world, often integrating futuristic imagery.
Art
Pitched on the grounds of the historic Trinity Church in Manhattan, sandwiched between the parish building and cemetery, are two tents that house on their floors an arrangement of used matchsticks surrounding tents of another kind: discarded books and assorted packagings — cut up, folded, and carefu
Art
Christmas card imagery today ranges from the classic depictions of elves and reindeer to the more comical and topical, but every picture is assuredly holiday-themed: you wouldn't be able to unironically give someone a Christmas card on their birthday.
Art
One of India's most private religious communities, the Pushtimarg also developed one of the country's most unique artistic traditions.
In Brief
Would you rather help donate an original Picasso to a museum, or keep a 1.5-square-milimeter scrap of it for yourself?
In Brief
Officials in a Virginia county have closed all local schools following a backlash over one teacher's homework assignment on Islamic calligraphy.