Opinion
Required Reading
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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Guns, Performance Art, and the Tools to Understand
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
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Instagram Feels Sting of Criticism, Reverts to Old Ad Terms
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 …
Art
5 Art Trends in 2012
We hate to discuss art trends because it makes art sound like fashion, but, alas, they're real and they happen. Remember that whole "prop paintings up on objects" trend last year, well, this year I\we spotted a few things we wanted to point out as the year comes to a close.
Art
Those Are Some Ugly Sweaters
Last night's festive affair at the Museum of Chinese in America was a blast. For our Ugly Sweater Party people showed up wearing their interpretations of what an ugly sweater really is … boy, oh, boy …
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Some Answers to Questions About Instagram's Nebulous Terms of Service
Just as the backlash against Instagram has been gaining steam, Instagram is finally coming forward to clarify what their new terms of service mean for users.
Opinion
Free Photo Sharing Sites Spoofed by The Onion
On the heels of my review of the Flickr app and Instagram's problematic privacy issues, this Onion video nails it.
Opinion
Is Flickr's New App an Instagram Killer?
I was working on this review of Flickr's new smartphone app when the online world started to grumble about Instagram and some matters that should concern us all.
News
Required Reading
This week, artists on Facebook, where children sleep, Oscar Niemeyer's architectural legacy, tax reform and arts giving, Canada's crowd-sourced art prize, how a Brit learned to speak American, some parallels between malls and wars, and more.
Art
Street Art Isn't a Crime Until Somebody Steals It: Banksy in Miami
I'm finding it a little hard to feel upset at the Banksy "exhibition" that was on display in Art Miami and its sister fair Context this past week. Others have found reasons to boycott the affair, and Marc and Sara Schiller, two street art aficionados I respect, wrote on Wooster Collective that they
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As the Art World Turns … #NotReally
There's so much strange news this week in the art world, so we decided to give you a link list of the news bites #WithCommentary …
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The Art Created by the Cooper 11
The recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" may be the most internet-friendly image of a protest movement that locked itself for a week in the clocktower of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan's Astor Place, but that wasn't the only work being made by the ele