Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
The Art Newspaper's annual museum attendance figures for 2012 were recently released and there were no real surprises, except that the Tate Modern has overtaken the National Gallery in the fourth spot, DC's National Gallery of Art slipped to 8th, and Seoul's National Museum of Korean fell out of the
Opinion
Welcome to the gates of hell! Or at least the ancient world's version of it. Pluto's Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — has recently been discovered and the digital rendering of it gives the site the mystique of a classical world video game.
Opinion
Global Voices is reporting on a new social media hashtag that is demonstrating that pro-LGBT proponents in Egypt are not afraid to speak out. The hashtag #ضد_رهاب_المثلية (Against homophobia) has been generating conversation between LGBT supporters and opponents, but its very existence points to a b
Opinion
This week, death of the gallery show, Ellis Island closed, Sharjah Biennial opens, Abramović reflects on the beauty of a glass of water, problems for looking at art with Google, NYPD is tracking criminals using photos on social media, the corporate role in the Harlem Shake, and more.
Opinion
How did this ethereal design of an “infinite forest” transform into a hideous, bus-shelter-like, 18-foot steel canopy?
Opinion
The Onion satirical site has decided to "go there" for their latest art-related story titled, "Robert Mapplethorpe Children's Museum Celebrates Grand Opening," which almost sounds like it could be real. You know there has to be latex and lube involved … or something.
News
Last Sunday, the Dutch Poster Museum in Hoorn, The Netherlands, opened its doors for a special exhibition of Czech Modernist posters from the collection of the Lowry Family of New York City.
Art
This week, the doctor told us to improve our diets, so we're on a mission to select only the best shows and events to attend this week. It's New York, so that isn't very hard, but we made sure to include a short history of Thai contemporary art, a retrospective of F.A.T. Labs, a 77 artist group show
Opinion
This week, is it art (again), Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize, debating the creative class, Penn Station & LA MOCA problems, 20 Top Artist Grants and Fellowships, heavy metal in a London museum, how Iran censors the web, and more.
Interview
A big part of Zefrey Throwell's current exhibition at Gasser & Grunert Gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood is the story of a family split apart by drug addiction, then brought closer by a memorial for a dead father. It is also a story of overcoming hardship brought on by Hurricane Sandy, not
Announcement
A native of Serbia, Ana Kraš [http://engine.nectarads.com/redirect/0/68015/47560/0/00000000000000000000000000000000/0/0/95567/0] is a New York-based designer best known for her handmade modernist objects, including the Bonbon lamps, which are colorful, modernist, pendant lamps that she says engross
Opinion
Nick Bertke (aka Pogo) is an Australian mashup artists who has found himself in an unusual predicament, he has received a 10 year ban from entering the United States for not having the proper visa when crossing the border. He took his plea to YouTube.