Art
Willie Cole's High Heel Fantasias
Finding beauty in the commonplace — some may even say banal — is one of artist Willie Cole’s strengths.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, artists and gentrification, Sandy's art show backlash, Gitmo's artist/reporter, the war on immigration, brutalism at colleges, genius/tyrant/collector J. Pierpont Morgan, and more.
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News
Banksy Collaborates with Os Gemeos in Chelsea [UPDATE 3]
The new Banksy piece is on West 24th Street, no Easter egg hunt involved, and it's a previously known work that he created with the Brazillian twins Os Gemeos.
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News
Banksy Goes Japonaiserie in Brooklyn, Tribeca Banksy Vandalized [UPDATE 5]
Banksy's latest stencil reimagines an anonymous arch into a Japanese bridge traversed by ladies and adjacent to a bonsai.
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News
Banksy Takes Aim at Fastfood Giant, Tribeca Banksy Becomes Memorial [UPDATE 3]
A new — and yet another traveling — Banksy has been unveiled today. Part sculpture, and part performance piece, the work featured a person shining the shoes of an oversized Ronald McDonald.
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Opinion
Banksy's Clichéd 9/11 Tribute [UPDATE 4]
Really, Banksy? Today's street art work, reportedly in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, depicts the Twin Towers but in place of an explosion the artist has placed a what looks like an altered flower.
News
Weekend Banksy: East Village Confessional, Central Park Pop-up, Queens Lowbrow, Red Hook Damage
This weekend's Banksys touched down in three boroughs. They included some of his trademark black-and-white stencils and a surprise pop-up shop by Central Park, while the story of the Red Hook work continues.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Banksy speaks, a Russian artist fools London dealers, art historians are scared to give opinions, street artists in Palestine, the Met's "primitive" heritage, a forgotten Lynda Benglis sculpture, and more.
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Opinion
Yup, That Was a Banksy [UPDATE 4]
Remember that find by Walking and Typing yesterday? Well, it turns out that was today's Banksy and it's parked in the Meatpacking District.
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Opinion
Banksy's Beaver Fells Parking Sign in East New York [UPDATE 4]
As a Canadian, I'm rather happy to see a beaver in New York, particularly on a day when Canadian author Alice Munro is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
News
Banksy Watch: New Work in LES, Red Hook Work Protected
Another day, another Banksy in New York City, and today's Easter egg popped up on Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, while the Banksy in Red Hook has been protected from vandals.
Art
Will an Auction Help Convince People There's a Market for New Media Art?
A digital art auction is seeking to bring the art and tech communities closer together, and it may help forge a market for digital art in the process.