Art
Art Rx
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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
How Many Photos Do Americans Take a Year?
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
BMW Guggenheim Lab Cancelled in Berlin Due to Supposed Threats of Violence
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 Work by Forrest Bess on the Antiques Roadshow
A commenter, Chicken_Fingers, reminded us about this episode of The Antiques Roadshow from Tulsa, Oklahoma, that aired on January 9, 2012.
News
OWS Mic Check at Sotheby's Board Member's Financial District Restaurant
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.
Opinion
WTF: Defense Contractor Tells Artists, "Our Products Are Art, Too"
In what can only be called a bizarre turn of events, a defense contract that is trying to turn a South Boston theater into a combat-helmet assembly plant has compared what it is doing to what its artist neighbors do for a living.
News
Ai Weiwei Gets Censored on Weibo…Again
"The controls are very strong," Ai told Reuters by telephone. "They (the government) are very insecure, they are not ready for any kind of change."
Opinion
Your Facebook Laugh for the Day
From pages of Reddit's Funny section emerges this hilarious use of one of Michelangelo's most iconic images from Sistine Chapel on Facebook.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Keith Haring journals on Tumblr, the follies of suburbanism, looking for Kraftwerk, starchitects in New York, China's architectural gold rush, art critics pick faves, Louise Bourgeois at the Freud Museum, the evolution of the Houston and Bowery "graffiti" wall, the National Gallery of Art
Opinion
LA Museum Buys Painting of 18th C Actors
I guess we should be expect an LA museum to acquire a painting of actors but this one might be by the great 18th C. French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Art
Tonight's State of Drawing Panel and Amy Sillman's iPhone Animation
Tonight's invite-only symposium organized by The Drawing Center invited five artists and two curators to explore the state of drawing today. Here's my report.
Art
Art Rx
This week, we're all in recovery and laying low but the doctor says you need to get out of the house. We're cleansing our systems of the New York art fairs and moving onto something new. The doctor has written you a prescription that involves lots of crocheting, timelines galore, artful dinner conve