Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
It's Valentine's Day today, and while those in love (couples, the polyamorous, people and their pets … ) seek solace in each other's company as they celebrate their cultural superiority over single people (OK, it's only implied), the good people at Do Something Good (DSG) have created an intimate (w
News
I'm a sucker for a feel-good story of an artist who finds his or her work in an unexpected place, so I was delighted when New York–based artist Judith Braun emailed her friends and colleagues earlier today to say she had spotted something she designed in the hands of Sochi Olympic bronze medalist Ke
Opinion
Kendell Geers's "Stripped Bare" (2009), a very contemporary take on a classic of modern art, was shot across the internet as the publicity image for his upcoming lecture at Philadelphia's Institute for Contemporary Art. It's a reference to Marcel Duchamp's masterpiece "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her
Art
Whether you know her as an artist, film producer, fashion designer, or stylist, Maripol had a definitive influence on the downtown New York culture of the 1980s. A new book, Maripola X, gathers 200 of her Polaroid photographs in a limited-edition tome from Le Livre Art Publishing.
Art
This week, New York keeps things interesting. Try out a couple of artist talks, a one-night-only exhibition, documentary films, and high school horror.
Opinion
This week, the Sochi Olympics look a lot like art, the internet has a style guide, art history of slavery in Canada, 101 female artists got Wiki pages recently, who benefits from NEA grants, and more.
Art
While the world is watching the XXII Winter Olympic opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia, I thought it would be an interesting time to explore one of the most famous mentions of Sochi in art, Arshile Gorky's Garden in Sochi series (1938–42).
Art
The first Greenpoint Gallery Night of 2014 is taking place on Friday, February 7 (6–9pm). Here's your guide to what to see and do in Brooklyn's northernmost neighborhood, where pierogies, artisanal pizza, small-batch gin, kolbassa, and lots and lots of art easily mix.
Art
LOS ANGELES — Architects often make good exhibition designers. It may seem obvious, since architects as a rule frame and organize space, but few actually get involved in the design of major museum exhibitions. Frank Gehry is an exception to the rule and the Los Angeles-based architect has for decade
Art
This week, New York has a lot of big names on tap. Catch tributes to Marina Abramović and William S. Burroughs, see a Jean-Luc Godard film on the big screen, or sit in on a talk with Isaac Julien.
Books
LOS ANGELES — This year's Los Angeles Art Book Fair was by all accounts a success. The four-day event certainly shattered the previous year's attendance record, 24,450 visitors, and everyone I spoke to was excited by the quality and diversity of exhibitions, booths, and programming.
Opinion
This week, Super Bowl art bets, Carrie Mae Weems speaks, Central America's largest Mayan museum, Tibetan medical art, gay minimalism, writers and alcohol, and more.