Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Designer Naoki Ono, founder of Tokyo-based YOY design studio, presented this extraordinary "Canvas" chair at Salone Satellite during last week's Milan Design Week 2013 (aka Salone Internazionale del Mobile).
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News
The New York Times is reporting that Federal agents have raided an Upper East Side art gallery, Helly Nahmad Gallery, as part of an investigation into a gambling operation that included "high-stakes poker games."
Opinion
This week, sacred Hopi artifacts go on sale in Paris, NYC settles with OWS over damaged library, Gagosian helps Pratt students, Qatar buys a well-known Picasso in the UK, museum layoffs, transgender in comics, and more.
Hyperallergic
Last Wednesday night, the inaugural edition of the After Hours series kicked off at the Room Mate Grace Hotel lounge in New York's Times Square with a haunting installation by artist Marco Brambilla and an ethereal performance by Cammisa Buerhaus. Co-organized by Times Square Arts and Clocktower Gal
Opinion
There is a growing uproar over the news, first reported in the New York Times yesterday, that the venerable Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will be demolishing the 12-year-old former American Folk Art Museum designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to integrate the site into its masterplan.
News
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Leonard A. Lauder has made a major donation of Cubist art that will transform New York's largest museum into a major center for Cubist art. The pledged gift is comprised of 78 works, including 33 works by Pablo Picasso, 17 by Georges Braque, 14 by Juan G
Art
When I was in London last January, I had the chance to visit a hidden gem — well, depending on how you define "gem" — of a sculpture in the Guildhall Art Gallery in central London. Neil Simmons' marble likeness of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has a very pretentious (as you might e
Art
Need an afternoon snack? Check out what Pop artist Claes Oldenburg has for you at MoMA.
Opinion
This week, the economic imperative for investing in art, dogs in pantyhose, the Renoir thief, sexism in architecture, street art in Palestine, GIF search engines, and more.
News
Some people may be elated at the list of 180 galleries showing at New York's Frieze fair this year — yawn — but we're just really excited by the food options. Today, Frieze announced that they are throwing their own version of what sounds like Williamsburg's Smorgasburg artisanal food fair on Randal
News
20-year-old artist Jennifer Pawluck was arrested Wednesday morning at 10:30am after posting a picture of anti-police street art on her Instagram feed a few days before.
News
Art supply consolidation alert! Blick Art Materials has acquired Utrecht Art Supplies from private equity firm Topspin Partners LBO for an undisclosed amount.