Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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.
News
Today, the 2013 ArtPrize jury prize short lists have been announced in the following five categories: Two-Dimensional Art, Three-Dimensional Art, Time and Performance Art, Use of Urban Space, and Outstanding Venue.
Art
On Monday, October 7, Hyperallergic will be hosting our next ArtTalk featuring curator RoseLee Goldberg at The Bedford in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The topic for that evening’s discussion and conversation is, of course, performance art.
Opinion
This week, New Yorker gets snarky, guns at MoMA, new Banksy, digitizing drawings, a literary classic is banned in North Carolina, and more
Art
Situated on the edge of Brooklyn, and overlooking the picturesque bouquet of buildings in lower Manhattan, Photoville is quickly becoming a must-see affair in the photography world.
Art
William Powhida's latest drawing, "A Subjective Classification of Things," is his latest screed against the sameness in an industry that prides itself on being different.
Art
I've always been fascinated with the ancient Western story of the origin of art and that immediately came to mind at the performance of Susan Hefuna and Luca Veggetti's "NOTATIONOTATIONS" (2013).
Opinion
Here are some of our favorite English-language tweets, which range from the very important and serious to the downright hilarious …