Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Interview
It's hard to believe that the Bushwick Film Festival is six years old, but co-founder Kweighbaye Kotee explains that it has slowly grown to a festival that will be screening 4 feature films and 10 short films, hosting 4 panels, an art show, a live-taping for a television show, and an award ceremony
Art
Here is an exclusive look at Performa's Surrealist Reader, along with excerpts of many of the texts.
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News
It's another day, and another Banksy in New York, as the secretive street artist has revealed a new series in three different locations.
Opinion
Street art photographer Luna Park spotted this new Banksy a day before it was officially announced on Banksy's website.
News
At an event last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) officially released The Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk, which outlines the categories of cultural goods most vulnerable to illicit trade during the Syrian war.
Art
This week, Chris Burden lands at the New Museum, Dutch artist Mark Manders speaks about public art, one museum tries to rekindle the radical nature of Manhattan's Union Square, a major revitalized arts center opens in downtown Brooklyn … and much more …
Art
Art and poetry should be natural allies, but it's surprisingly rare to see both commingle as naturally as they did at a recent show at Transfer Gallery in East Williamsburg by Carla Gannis and Justin Petropoulos.
Opinion
This week, Detroiter definitely don't want to sell DIA's art, US gov't shutdown may mean Library of Congress's website goes offline, thinking about portraiture, real estate's love affair with art, the world's first inflatable concert hall, and more.
News
After years as a fixture of Williamsburg rambunctious street art scene, Pandemic Gallery will reopen tomorrow night in a new and larger space a few miles south in Brooklyn's fast-changing Navy Yards neighborhood.
Art
The original version of John Cage's "4'33" (In Proportional Notation)" will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art as part of There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4'33" (October 12, 2013–June 22, 2014).
Opinion
European museums have been slower than North American institutions to adopt a digital forward way of doing things, but the Musée d'Orsay's recent video promotion for their latest show, Masculine / Masculine, is on the cutting edge of the digital wave.
Art
This week, there's a rare (and bootleg) Guy Debord film release, Balthus overload, performance Thursdays in Bushwick, Dumbo's art festival, one-minute films, and much much more. The key this week is to do everything — no excuses.