Opinion
The NY Times Gets a Front Page GIF
This isn't the first animated GIF that has appeared on NYTimes.com but it may be the first to grace the homepage front and center.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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BMW Guggenheim Lab Finds Safety in a More Gentrified Berlin Locale
Last month, we reported on the controversial location of the BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin's punkrock/activist/multiculti/graff neighborhood, and now, Spiegel Online reports they've settled on Prenzlauer Berg,
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Google Art Project Bursting at the Seams with 100+ New Museums
Google Art Project launched last year with 17 institutions but today the number has ballooned to 100+.
Opinion
What the 60 Minutes Segment on the Art Market Really Said
We've refrained from reflecting on the 60 Minutes segment by Morley Safer about the art world market. But since others like Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith have waded into the commentary cesspool we decided to give you a complete analysis of what was said on Sunday's program. Read carefully.
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Williamsburg Gets an Art Fair in May
One art fair that up until now has so far been a Miami-only venture, Seven, will be coming to Williamsburg.
Opinion
When Advertising Follows Art
Sometimes advertising follows art, and this is one of those times. Presenting Doug Aitkens' "Migration" (2008) and a very recent commercial for Residence Inn (2012).
Opinion
The Corporate Sponsorship of Baby X
Yesterday, Bushwick artist Marni Kotak emailed a video of her baby, Baby X (aka Ajax), and the announcement that he has a new corporate sponsorship tattoo.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Koons' hanging train, Mona Lisa dates change, Bloomberg gets its name on Hirshhorn balloon, 20 must-see artist websites, the exit of Exit Art, the Dictionary of American Regional English is complete, 60 Minutes to tackle contemporary art and more …
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Bronx Museum Is Free, Sets Goal to Raise Attendance by 50% in 2012
If the price of everything is going up, it's nice to see when some things go down in cost, even if it's only temporary. The Bronx Museum announced this week that they will be dropping their admission fee in an effort to increase their attendance and reach out to members of the community who haven't
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MTV's New Art Spots Have Potential to Reach 600M Viewers
MTV is trying to rekindle the "visual playground" of the 1980s and they hope the new art commercials by Rashaad Newsome, Mickalene Thomas, Tala Madani, Jani Ruscica and Mads Lynnerup will help them do it.
Art
Art Rx
This week, a major photo show lands on Park Ave, a show explores post-Stonewall gay and lesbian art, Atget is in its final week at the Modern, a show about Modernist Indian art is worth a look and more …
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Met Museum Gets $20M from Astor Estate but Childe Hassam Painting Still Missing
When 1%-ers die, their deaths take far longer than then the deaths of 99%-ers. If their memories don't linger among their friends and family — or at least their family foundations — then at least their afterlives continue in the courts for years, if not longer.