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Art Movements
A Strozzi goes to LACMA, photojournalist sues AFP and Getty and wins $1.2M, Haring Foundation donates to New Museum, Smithsonian gets $1.8M from Oman, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Art
The Indie, Wacky, and Designy Holiday Gift Guide for Art Lovers
My general policy about holiday consumerism is that if I'm going to spend money, I'd rather do so at a small business or an artist-run project that can really use my hand-earned dollars. So with that in mind, we compiled a list of fun arty gift items …
Art
Thanksgiving Art, Facts, and Some Myths Debunked
It's Thanksgiving today in the United States, so we thought it would be a great time to debunk what you thought you knew about this national holiday that pretends to be about giving thanks. #cueominousmusic
Art
Your Essential Guide to the 2013 Miami Art Fairs
It's that time of year again, when the art world industry convenes for their annual pilgrimage to Miami for art, parties, and gossip (December 1–8, 2013). Hyperallergic will be flying down for the weeklong festivities and we've prepared a guide to what you should check out if you're in the area.
Opinion
Internet Crack: Your Instagram Memories on Marshmallows
Is it possible that some internet memories are so good that you can almost taste them? Well, Boomf — aka Magic Mallows — is banking on our need to consume memories in more ways than one.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the Detroit Institute of Arts needs to come up with money, the collector at the center of the Nazi-era art loot, Bob Dylan and Pharrell Williams push buttons, Wikipedia's problems, fact vs. opinion on American cable news, walls around the world, and more.
Art
What If Instagram Was Part of Art History?
Every wonder what art history would've been like if Instagram was around for some pivotal moments?
Art
5Pointz: The Morning After
This morning 5Pointz was largely deserted. There was hardly anyone in sight after a firestorm of online protest about the midnight buff that erased over a decade of graffiti and street art history in Long Island City.
Art
The Art and Science of the Expedition
SIENA, Italy — Artists like Mark Dion and Amy Yoes have long understood the importance of science, not as an antithesis of art, but as a partner in figuring out what it is we know and how we know it
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Daumier, Art Spiegelman, stolen art, José Clemente Orozco, Batkid, transgender poetry, Chinese censorship, and more.
Interview
Nourishment of the Spirit: Swoon's Braddock Tiles
It's hard not to be affected by Swoon's passionate and visually stunning idealism, the Brooklyn-based artist has made a career of large beautiful drawings and prints of people who convey hope, strength, and personal power.
News
Francis Bacon Triptych Breaks World Auction Record at $142.4M
Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.