Opinion
Required Reading
This week is an ALL VIDEO Required Reading. From the GIF to Dali, from Cindy Sherman to the anthropology of YouTube, this is the way to spend a leisurely Sunday.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Your Essential Maps to Sat Night's North Brooklyn Gallery Crawl
Saturday, March 10 is Brooklyn Armory Night, but it's also Beat Nite in Bushwick, Greenpointers' Greenpoint Gallery Crawl and a great night to check out Williamsburg's own send up of the art fair itself, Arts Not Fair. And we have some maps that will make it all easier for you!
Art
Art Rx: NY Art Fair Guide
This week, we've compiled an easy to use 2012 New York art fair reference guide. They're all here with limited commentary but we've graded them out of a possible five stars based on past experiences at the fairs and buzz.
Opinion
Is it Possible to Occupy the Homes of the 1% With Art?
In the Armory Modern section of this year's Armory Art Fair, a work by Chilean artist Sebastian Errazuriz has taken the typography of wording of Occupy Wall Street signs and printed them as black lettering onto pristine white folding chairs. The effect was immediately disturbing but the artist's exp
Art
Holy Holy Copy Copy Culture Culture, A Manifesto
Last night's panel event at Storefront for Art and Architecture was a heady affair. A group of panelists, myself include, sat inside the Vito Acconci-designed structure while a 30-foot David sculpture by Serkan Özkaya lay horizontal on a flat bed outside on Kenmare Street.
News
Ritual Blessing Launches Rotterdam Art Center's New Program
It's just another day in the life of the art world and we just learned that New York-based Canadian art legend AA Bronson will be ritually blessing New York/Shanghai/Rotterdam-based Defne Ayas' new program at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam.
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Gerhard Richter Movie Opens in NYC Next Week
Next Wednesday, March 14, Gerhard Richter Painting will open at Film Forum in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The feature length film is the follow up to a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz called Gerhard Richter’s Window.
News
30 Ft Naked Guy Arriving in New York Today!
We JUST received a photo of Serkan Özkaya's "David (inspired by Michelangelo)" sculpture as it makes its way through New Jersey on its way to downtown Manhattan tonight.
Opinion
Did Reaganomics Work for the Art World?
I've noticed a few people credit Reaganomics — or the growing wealth gap — with the boom of the art world, but is that really the case?
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, New York Times opens its photo archive to Tumblr, what's going on in Qatar, Facebook's image policy, Ai Weiwei speaks, a vintage interview with Warhol goes online, a Titian stays in the UK, newspapers on Pinterest and more.
Art
Klaus Biesenbach Explains Why Kraftwerk Deserves a MoMA Retrospective
Last week, Kraftwerk-loving New Yorkers were in tears as tickets to the German electronic group's upcoming retrospective at MoMA sold out at lightning speed. One friend told me she was poised with multiple browsers when tickets went on sale, but she was still out of luck, as they disappeared in the
Opinion
Kehinde Wiley Paints Santigold
I'm as big a a fan of Santigold as anyone, “L.E.S. Artistes” (2008) may be one of my favorite songs by her, but her new cover is of particular interest to the art set.