Opinion
Graffiti Writer Gets Pwnd by Marc Jacobs
You have to wonder if something is edgy anymore if a fashion label can quickly flip the "transgression" into merchandise within a few days. Case in point … Kidult v. Marc Jacobs.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, face recognition software may help art historians solve mysteries, Picasso's lover gets a Gagosian show, the New Aesthetic debate continues, the French elections and art, street art in Houston, Kiki Smith interviews Jenny Holzer and more.
Interview
Six Questions for Mira Schor About Text and Image
Painter, author and critic Mira Schor's current show at Marvelli Gallery delves into the world of language. The show is titled Voice and Speech, but there's an erie silence to these works.
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Opinion
A New Possible Lead in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft [UPDATED]
The Hartford Courant reports that one of the world's great unsolved art thefts may have a new lead.
Opinion
O Arts Donors Where Art Thou?
Where are the arts donors and why aren't they pressuring Washington?
Art
Art Rx
This week, the doctor wants you to travel. From the Upper East Side to the art-borhood of Ridgewood, Queens, you have a long way to go before you get over whatever it is you have.
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.
News
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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Opinion
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.