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CONFIRMED: Rothko Defaced at Tate Modern (UPDATE 14: Rothko Family Speaks)
A Mark Rothko painting at the Tate Modern in London has been defaced by a vandal.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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This week, advice for artists, unemployment in the arts, the monumentality of bronze, revolutionary graffiti of Egypt, architectural copies, Facebook friendships, and more.
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2012 ArtPrize Winners Announced, $200K to Adonne Khare, $100K to Design 99
Over 47,000 voters and a handful of art critics cast their ballots for ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the winners of this year's competition have been announced.
Opinion
Best.Halloween.Costume.Ever: Beast Jesus Comes Alive
We've heard of Jesus' fabled ability to resurrect himself but Beast Jesus has proven that he can go from painted plaster to IRL in what can only be described as a freakin' miracle.
Opinion
Why is Romney Picking on Big Bird?
Yesterday's US Presidential debate highlighted Republican candidate Mitt Romney's ridiculous plan to cut the budget of the much loved public television channel, PBS.
Opinion
The New Yorker Wades into "Curator" Confusion
This week's New Yorker takes a shot at the craze to "curate" everything in our lives.
Art
Hitler's Wanted Poster and Other Visual Snapshots of New York During WWII
The New-York Historical Society has a massive show that explores the role of New York in World War II, WWII & NYC. While the front lines of the Second World War raged across the oceans, the great American metropolis gave more than most as it mobilized its citizenry, its resources, and its elites to
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This week, a new younger Mona Lisa, 1%ers using art as business collateral, image rights stupidity, Klaus in WSJ, a very green museum, Nazi Buddist space sculpture, a fake Basquiat, and more
Art
Amazing New Graph Drawing Charts the Birth of Abstraction
The invention of abstraction was not the inspiration of a solitary protagonist, but a relay of ideas that moved through a network of artists and intellectuals working in different countries and different media and MoMA's new graph drawing shows it in all its beauty.
Opinion
Museum of Sex Offers Tim Tebow a Lifetime Membership
Sure, it's probably a publicity stunt but we love the idea that the Museum of Sex in New York is offering a lifetime membership to infamously virgin football player Tim Tebow.
Art
Celebrate Hyperallergic's Third Anniversary at The House Party on Fri Oct 5
On Friday, October 5, starting at 8pm, Hyperallergic will be celebrating its Third Anniversary with a party at Andrew Ohanesian's "The House Party" in Pierogi Boiler … and you need to come!
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This week, Salman Rushdie reflects on the 1989 fatwa, MOCA watchers psychoanalyze Eli Broad, Charlie Hebdo draws Muhammad again, GQ goes to ArtPrize, Tino Sehgal in the Tate's Turbine Hall and more.