Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
The ordeal over Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope image has turned a new corner when today the LA-based artist pled guilty to one count of criminal contempt for destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct in civil litigation against the Associated Press regarding his world-renowned "
Opinion
These Obsidian/Anthracite-Black fugly things are responsible for a potential mall riot in Orlandso, Florida? Yes, that's right. The release of Nike Air Foamposite One NRG “Galaxy” inspired a 1,000 people to show for the sale of the glow-in-the-dark sole sneakers.
Art
Public libraries are a beautiful idea and they're rather universally loved but recently some artists have been engaging with the very idea and exploring its potential to be truly accessible at all times.
Opinion
Today, one writer at The Atlantic has throw her hat into the whole "if it's strange then it must be performance art" line of thinking, which is starting to aggravate me.
Opinion
Some things should be art but alas they rrally aren't. This is one of them. Rick Santorum immortalized "in" gay porn.
Art
This week we're sending you to a closing party in the Bronx, performance in Bushwick, a panel on Architectural criticism in the Village and the soon-to-be-opened 2012 Whitney Biennial on the Upper East Side. But don't get stressed, since you can cleanse it all away with a final visit to Doug Wheeler
News
The world of photography is changing fast. Here are some recent highlights … Kodak stops the camera biz, Flickr will upgrade, Gizmodo gets the exclusive about Instagram and Pinterest keeps growing …
Opinion
Starting with the landmark Plessy v Ferguson case of 1896 and continuing until the 2009 inauguration of the first US President with African heritage, the Smithsonian has launched Oh Freedom! Teaching African American Civil Rights through American Art at the Smithsonian. But why so few women and wher
Opinion
We were rather surprised that our Feb 13 post on Christoph Büchel’s "Terminal" project, titled "Artist to Bury an Airplane Underground and Call It Art," was as popular as it was. But what really floored us was that the idea is not original at all and there are two other projects essentially doing th
Opinion
This week, Rem Koolhaas will build Marina's temple to performance art, Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece, Renaissance art murder mystery, a new arts center in Utah, a review of Niall Ferguson’s Civilization, best-designed newspapers, Banksy authentication, drawing with chalk, burger grease and ketchup.
News
Two weeks ago, we pointed out that Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was proposing severe cuts in the budget of the federally funded National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Now, this week the Obama Administration has released their 2013 budget request to Congress, which requests to raise
Opinion
It's Friday, so it's time to sort through our inbox and find some of the most unusual and bizarre things we've received this week. And we think we have a winner. If there was a cult of art coaches, this would be their orientation video.