Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the difficulty of selling stolen paintings, what art forgers paint in their down time, Picasso's 17 year old lover, the "meaning" of hotels, the state of political art, the lives of the 1%, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
This Weekend, Brooklyn Heads to Montreal for a Monthlong Art Festival
This weekend, a slice of our New York community will be traveling to Canada for Brooklyn Montreal, a two-city festival celebrating contemporary art.
Announcement
Scott Campbell & Chances with Wolves: Keeping Current with the Past
Brooklyn artist Scott Campbell [http://engine.nectarads.com/redirect/0/37863/29176/0/00000000000000000000000000000000/0/0/52912/0] is a typical New York creative in that he's passionate about his eclectic tastes and interests. One of his loves is a Monday night radio show on East Village Radio by th
News
A Roy Lichtenstein, Missing for 42 Years, Is Found
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's "Electric Cord" (1961), which mysteriously disappeared in January 1970, has been found.
Opinion
Just in Time for Tonight's Presidential Debate
Some Williamburgers aren't happy with the idea of a Romney presidency but they're not exactly thrilled with Obama either.
Opinion
Abandoned Old Masters Paintings
In these fascinating series of works, Hungarian new media artist Bence Hajdu has removed the figures from a series of Old Masters classics with such precision that it's almost hard to believe.
Performance
Picasso at His Most Surreal
Last night and tonight, the Guggenheim is staging two special, performance-like readings of Pablo Picasso’s obscure play, “Desire Caught by the Tail,” as part of the museum’s Works & Process series.
Announcement
The Politics of Taste: Expanding Your Palate
Out of all the human senses, taste is often the least understood. Some of us eat purely to sustain ourselves, while others eat as a central joy in their lives. Now a new interdisciplinary conference seeks to focus on desire's palate, and taste is being placed under the microscope as an important par
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Nobel prize controversy, artists do science, Creative Time Summit fallout, Ai Weiwei in DC, the ethics of vandalizing art, and more.
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News
Artists Cancel Creative Time Summit Appearances Over Israeli "Partnership" [UPDATE 7]
Hip hop duo Rebel Diaz, artist Narcenio Hall and Cairo-based art collective Mosireen are boycotting the two-day 2012 Creative Time Summit in Manhattan because of what they are calling a partnership with an Israeli organization that is funded by the Israeli government.
News
Met Museum Makes Hundreds of Catalogues Available Online for Free
Bibliophiles rejoice! The Metropolitan Museum of Art has published 643 books about art and art history online, including the full contents of 368 out-of-print titles from 1964 to the present.
Opinion
There's a Narwhal in Our Mail
Recently, we received a mysterious black cardboard box covered in white writing and octopus tentacles. The package was from artist Zoë Williams, who surprised us with a wonderful — if unexpected — narwhal felt sculpture.