Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the philosophical meaning of beauty, Ai Weiwei's LES education, mega-exhibitions, online fakes, Chardin's strange self-portrait and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Hyperallergic
Introducing the New Hyperallergic Editorial Team
Starting this week, Hyperallergic has forged an expanded editorial team that will ensure more engaging, fun, quality and thoughtful posts.
News
Rijksmuseum to be World's First (Actually Second) National Museum Open Every Day
It has taken almost a decade, but on Saturday, April 13, 2013, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will reopen after a massive renovation that includes a new Asian pavilion and a renovated garden.
Opinion
Wall Street Goes Down in Flames at Burning Man
Artist Otto Von Danger (aka Otto Ewen) has created "The Burn Wall Street Project" at this year's Burning Man and set it on fire.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, real estate as art, Design Museum app, Damien Hirst is a disgrace, online bids doing well at Christie's, Rem Koolhaas profile, Instagram pic cliches, African fashion blogs and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the unexpected beauty of crime photography, CNN asks artists about their take on power, Jackson Pollock's last painting, kids talk Rothko, Facebook's photo obsession and more.
Opinion
Reddit's Take on Mitt Romney's Plan to Cut Arts Funding
Our "Mitt Romney Says He Would Ax Arts Funding If Elected" made it into Reddit's popular Politics subreddit and the 200+ comments are an interesting insight into the hive mind of a social news network that often ridicules contemporary art.
Opinion
A Star Is Born: Internet Loves Disfigured Jesus Fresco
This week, those of us in the Hyperallergic offices have been obsessed with the story of Cecilia Gimenez, the really bad octogenarian art "restorer" who transformed a 19th C church fresco by painter Elías García Martínez into a meme-worthy art work. And the resulting meme rocks!
Art
The Artist's Real Intentions: A Comic Strip
Artist Lauren Purje has a humorous — and spot on — take on what many artists may possibly intend.
Opinion
Lessons in Radical Art Restoration: What Not to Do 101
In what can only be described as an art conservation nightmare, a 19th C. church fresco in the town of Borja, Spain, by painter Elías García Martínez has been radically "restored" by an octogenarian neighbor.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Žižek on Pussy Riot, the fate of an early Richard Serra is being discussed, crimes of photography, an Indiana Museum finds a Picasso in storage, National Georgraphic's 2012 Travelers Photo Contest winners, New York's art book shops and more.
Opinion
The Best & Worst Tweets About Today's Pussy Riot Verdict
The Twitterverse is full of opinions and here is just some of the most notable 140 characters or less commentary that appeared on our screens.