Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
This week, Gagosian's art business, Dave Hickey's contradictions, museums collecting non-Western art, photographs in the National Gallery, the Library of Congress' Twitter archive, damage to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Museum, and more.
Art
Last month, Danish architecture firm BIG unveiled its plans for a landmark in Arizona's largest city that the developer hopes will become a symbol of the city much in the way Seattle's Space Needle has come to represent that great Northwestern city.
Opinion
This is Robert Indiana first large-scale "LOVE" sculpture (1970 by Lippincott) ever made and it is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Opinion
This week, top 10 lists for 2012, the meaning of middlebrow, Italian church art goes online, the best street art in LA and NYC, and more.
Announcement
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Art
While some posts get all the attention, links, comments, and shares, there are always others that I'd wish would get more attention. These are often some of the most thought-provoking posts that fall under the radar of most readers for whatever reason. Here are my picks (in no particular order) for
Art
What a year. Highs, lows, and bloopers. Here is our take on the art, architecture, and design drama that was.
Opinion
While we at Hyperallergic pride ourselves for our quality and engaging posts, we are also always amused to find out what becomes popular online and brings us oodles of eyeballs. People often ask me "what makes a popular story" and while some things are predictable (SHOCK! CONTROVERSY! O MY!) others
Hyperallergic
May you be with your loved ones this holiday!
Opinion
This week, artist's explore Christmas, photography and slavery, Rosler's unradical garage sale, Norman Foster's NYPL designs, early Franz Kline, Hoberman on The Hobbit, and more.
Art
Today's NRA press conference was repulsive to everyone except the most die-hard gun lovers who don't see why anyone would do anything to regulate, prohibit, or curb their distribution. Our favorite irreverent anti-war activist group, Code Pink, disrupted the proceeding a number of times, interruptin
News
If you thought that Instagram was deaf to the public outcry that started on Monday with their proposed terms of service then you'd be wrong. Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote another blog post tonight that explains …