Art
Art Rx
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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Required Reading
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
Sochi, Arshile Gorky, and the Winter Olympics
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
Your Handy Guide to Greenpoint Gallery Night
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
Frank Gehry Frames LACMA's Calder Exhibition
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
Art Rx
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
8 Finds from the 2014 LA Art Book Fair
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
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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.
Art
Remember When Milli Vanilli Were Artists?
This week, a new opera devoted to the bizarre tale of pop duo Milli Vanilli, WOW (aka Work-In-Progress), will conclude its short two-week run.
Art
Your Handy Guide to the 2014 LA Art Book Fair
LOS ANGELES — Shannon Michael Cane knows he has big shoes to fill as the new director and curator of the highly anticipated second edition of the Los Angeles Art Book Fair (LAABF). "Taking over the fair from someone like [artist and curator] AA Bronson, who is a mentor to me, is a lot of pressure to
Opinion
What NOT to Do with Kids in a Museum
Bushwick gallerist Stephanie Theodore is at the Tate Modern today and spotted this hilarious/sad/incredible/unbelievable (so many mixed emotions) scene of parents allowing their child to use a Donald Judd sculpture as a bunk bed.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, downtown performance insularity, best photographers in Asia, the value of arts education, charting the flight path of birds, a gay Russian response to Zhukova's racist chair photo, street style, and more.