Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
The fad for fake art personas has passed. They were soo 2010, though they lingered into 2011. Perhaps tired of the fakery, someone has decided to rekindle the words of the maestro of Modernism into 140 characters or less, @Clem_Greenberg.
Opinion
We all know that Gagosian Gallery is the Death Star of the art world. They are perceived as the enemy of any art-loving person who doesn't want to think about dollar signs with their art, well, unless they're silkscreened by Warhol on canvas. And now The New York Times' Randy Kennedy has done us all
News
Love him or hate him, there's no denying the influence of conservative art critic Hilton Kramer. A longtime champion of modernism and a harsh critic of contemporary art, Kramer died this morning in Harpswell, Maine.
Art
Please join us for a discussion about performance art and Occupy Wall Street. From the early days of OWS performance art and artists have played a pivotal role in raising awareness about OWS and its importance.
Art
Speechless is an evolving series that reviews, discusses and/or comments on art works and exhibitions using images, screenshots, videos and other visuals.
Opinion
This week, essays and reviews on Occupy and criticism, British Modernism, Herzog's Biennial piece, The Art Newspaper misses the point in Russia, New York's design community is strong, a Triennial review and a look at representations of violence.
Opinion
Québécois cuisine in New York hasn't been the same after M. Wells Dinette closed in Long Island City. But wait, the boîte will be resurrected as the new cafeteria-ish eatery at MoMA's hipper sister in Queens, PS1. Sure, Rirkrit Tiravanija's curry kitchen, aka "Untitled (Free)" (1992), is feeding gal
Art
Spring has sprung in New York and even though there's fog all around we're all very clear that it's time to forget about the winter and feel the warmth of what lies ahead.
Opinion
The infographic above appeared in the April edition of National Geographic, and it demonstrates that the American addiction to digital images has created a huge surplus of pixels that tell us what most of us already know, people like to take A LOT of photos.
News
The BMW Guggenheim Lab came and went from Manhattan's Lower East Side without much incident but now the Berlin leg of the Atelier Bow-Wow-designed structure's world tour is being cancelled because of what organizers are claiming are threats of violence from left-wing anarchist groups.
Opinion
A commenter, Chicken_Fingers, reminded us about this episode of The Antiques Roadshow from Tulsa, Oklahoma, that aired on January 9, 2012.
News
Yesterday, OWS walked into North End Grill in Manhattan's Financial District to raise awareness among patrons that the establishment is owned by Sotheby's board member Danny Meyer, who is part of a company that has lockout unionized art handlers since August 2011.