Opinion
Yayoi Kusama Does Alice in Wonderland
It seems fitting that artist Yayoi Kusama's characteristic polka dots appear in a children's book and in the trippy Alice in Wonderland no less.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Is Ridgewood Breaking Away from the Bushwick Scene?
A Queens neighborhood, with the help of the Queens Museum of Art, is coming into its artified own.
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New Aesthetic Watch: Google Beatbox [UPDATED]
All Your Beatbox Are Belong to Us. I'm not kidding.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, occupy design, Seven on Seven, Mr. Brainwash copyright case, brutalism's savior, literary New York, Damien Hirst in London and more.
Opinion
Happy Birthday, Keith Haring!
Google salutes Keith Haring on his birthday today with a homepage doodle. The American street artist turned pop culture darling would have been 54. Here are a few places to see Harings in New York today.
Art
Art Rx: Art Fairs … Again
This week, the brand new New York art fair weekend has finally arrived and your doctor is worried.
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Jerry Saltz Slams Tonight's Auction of Edvard Munch's Scream
Today, New York Magazine critic Jerry Saltz appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss tonight's Sotheby's auction of Edvard Munch's "The Scream." Saltz isn't a fan of the circus surrounding tonight's sale and he dislikes that the chatter is mostly about the projected price tag and not the art itself.
Opinion
Show Your Support Now for Locked Out Sotheby's Art Handlers
Today is May Day, the international day of workers, and here at Hyperallergic we're proud to lend our support to Paddy Johnson of AFC, who is spearheading a petition [https://www.change.org/petitions/sotheby-s-offer-your-art-handlers-a-fair-contract] to show one of the world's largest auction houses
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WTC1 Is Officially the Tallest Building in New York
WTC1 may have reached the 100-floor mark on April 2, but today, April 30, it has officially surpassed the Empire State Building (1,250 ft./381 m) as the tallest building in New York.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Aboriginal art in danger, Andrew Masullo must be a hipster, Lenin of the East Village, Buddhism's influence on the American avant garde, the early evolution of human culture and freedom and art.
Art
Art Rx
The weather in nice in New York and there's lots to see. From MFA shows at Hunter & Columbia to a new solo show by Cindy Sherman and an exhibition that responds to the murder of Trayvon Martin so get out of your house or apartment and see art.
Art
My Mother, Me and the Armenian Genocide
Like almost every April 24th I can remember, on Tuesday, the day people commemorate the Armenian Genocide, I sought solace in my thoughts and searched for a way to mark the occasion.