Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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For the last week, MoMA PS1 director and curator Klaus Biesenbach has been actively tweeting about the devastation in the Rockaways section of Queens, which was hit hard by post-tropical cyclone Sandy. While power returned to most of lower Manhattan late Friday night and 80% of the city's subway sys
Opinion
This week, Ai Weiwei on the internet, the risk of reporting on memes, Dave Hickey on art now, academic and artistic freedom in Wyoming, Trevor Paglen has a moment, everyone hates the art market, Kickstarter and ads,and more.
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One cluster of the New York art world A-list have contributed their bold-faced name power to an open letter addressed to New York Mayor Bloomberg. The vague letter highlights the plight of the Rockaways while explaining that the letter is to "support the city in your amazing, monumental efforts in a
![Hurricane Sandy Report, 4 Days After [UPDATE 14]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/sandy-day-4-home.jpg)
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Today, we conclude our aggregation of Sandy-related news. If you have any information, photos, news, or commentary, please post them in the comments below or email us at tips [at] hyperallergic.com.
![Hurricane Sandy Report, 3 Days After [UPDATE 17]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/sandy-day-3-home.jpg)
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Today, we continue our aggregation of Sandy-related news. If you have any information, photos, news, or commentary, please post them in the comments below or email us at tips [at] hyperallergic.com.
![Some Help for Artists, Galleries, Private Collections and Museums Impacted by Hurricane Sandy [UPDATED]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/10/lindsay-howard-chelsea-02-home.jpg)
Art
As the Eastern Seaboard continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy, those impacted by the devastating storm are slowly coming to terms with the shock of losing art, furniture and other possessions, but we want them to know there are a few resources that can possibly help them with their recovery.
![Hurricane Sandy Report, 2 Days After [UPDATE 12]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/10/sandy-day-2-home.jpg)
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Today, two days after New York was struck by Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy the city's art community continues to assess the damage and what it will mean going forward. We continue our coverage today …
![New York's Art World Assessing Impact of Hurricane Sandy [UPDATE 5]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/10/chelsea-flooded-home.jpg)
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Last night's major storm, which is currently being called post-tropical cyclone Sandy, delivered a wallop to New York, flooding neighborhoods across the region and shutting off power to large swathes of the metro area, including most of lower Manhattan and huge sections of New Jersey. The storm has
Art
Below are some of the notable images I encountered tonight, and I consider them a photo essay of sorts even though many of the images are not mine, but they are what I will remember about Sandy, more than the hundreds of news stories that will come out tomorrow and try to fashion a narrative for me.
Opinion
This great video tells the very detailed history of Bruegel's August/September masterpiece, "The Harvesters" (1565).
Opinion
The staff of Hyperallergic is working from their homes today since Hurricane Sandy has us all homebound awaiting what meterologists say will be a deluge … and it got us thinking about the history of flood paintings
Opinion
This week, scoring US Congress on the arts, Gangnam Style opinions and facts, science looks at us looking at art, the Seattle Art Museum goes all female, the highest skyscraper is going to be built in five months, Daniel Liebeskind is not an architect, and more.