This week, a sad billionaire park, Paula Rego’s abortion paintings, soap bubbles in art, aliens colonizing space, and more.
Author Archives: Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic. You can follow him at @hragv.
Posted inFilm
The Industry and Leisure of the World’s Largest Middle Class
Jessica Kingdon’s new film Ascension documents the factories, etiquette centers, and other contemporary curiosities of China.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, a drawing by Leonardo goes to auction, the art Napoleon stole, sites of POC history in the US, defining misogynoir, the tyranny of time, and more.
Posted inArt
Art Historian May Have Discovered Two Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings in Beirut
After Gregory Buchakjian’s discovery laid largely dormat for decades, his research has been renewed and well-received by scholars of the Baroque artist.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, a giant mural by Nina Chanel Abney, taking down ALL statues, the Ivy League cartel, the trope of the old woman artist, artwashing and extractivism, and more.
Posted inPodcast
Collector Tim Kang Talks About His Love of NFTs
The founder of the Sevens Foundation, Kang calls himself a “NFT thought leader” who is advocating global and equal opportunities for artists.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, the lack of Black board members at LA arts organizations, how a stolen Magritte painting may have funded terrorism, the NFT funhouse mirror, the Tulsa Race Massacre, and more.
Posted inArt
Plywood Obelisks Reflect on a Year of Racial Justice Protests
Michael Zelehoski’s sculpture “Miguelito” is crafted with plywood used to board up businesses during last summer’s racial justice protests.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, artists who marry, the Torah on privilege, Alamo artifacts under scrutiny, universities as right-wing institutions, and more.
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week, new photos from Jupiter, memes as journalism, dating the Cerne Abbas Giant, art cookbooks, the importance of the Attica prison rebellion, and more.
Posted inFilm
The Raw DIY Documentaries Transforming Journalism
Jake Hanrahan of Popular Front is part of a new wave of war reporters making their own documentaries and podcasts to offer us a candid look at conflicts around the world.
Posted inOpportunities
Calling All Curators! Hyperallergic Is Offering Five Journalism Fellowships for Curators
With the support of the Emily H. Tremaine Foundation, Hyperallergic is offering five monthlong journalism fellowships for curators that each include a grant of $5,000.