Opinion
Top 40 Memes of 2011
Know Your Meme compiles the top 40 memes of 2011, including #5 Pepper Spraying Cop.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Top 10 Things We Are Excited to See in New York: Design/Architecture Edition
Things are changing fast in New York — granted, when haven't they? — but the next few years in particular seem filled with promise to bring fresh architectural and design ideas and monuments that will transform this place into something new. Here are a few thing we're looking forward to in the comin
Interview
Artist Angered by Starbucks Swiping Her Style Is Letting Go
Last month, we reported on artist Ophelia Chong, who discovered that Starbucks' recent branding was strangely close to her own art work. The artist has since decided to drop the case and I asked her why.
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News
Pioneering Abstract Artist Helen Frankenthaler Dies at 83 [UPDATED]
A painter best known for her groundbreaking painting "Mountains and Sea" (1952) which influenced on a whole generation of abstract painters, Helen Frankenthaler has died at the age of 83 at her home in Darien, Connecticut.
Hyperallergic
15 Hyperallergic Posts From 2011 That Deserve Another Look
While the popular posts on Hyperallergic get all the attention, links, comments and shares, that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate the illuminating posts that sometimes fall under the radar of most readers for whatever reason. As a result, I thought it would be a good idea to point
Opinion
Required Reading: iPad Art Apps and More
This week, the anti-slavery origins of the Christmas tree in the US, iPad art apps, Ai Weiwei documentary, Georgian architecture, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, danger in Pompeii, the state of the New Orleans art scene and Stocking.
Hyperallergic
The Most Popular Hyperallergic Posts of 2011
2011.Has.Been.Our.Best.Year.Ever. This has been a year full of discontent, which is our specialty, so it was natural that we were kept busy documenting, tracking and commenting on events around the world. Take a look at what we found when we looked back on the
Opinion
5 Artists Who Anticipated Festivus
Happy Festivus everyone! What is Festivus? It is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to celebrate the holiday season without participating in its pressures and commercialism. It was popularized by Seinfeld.
Interview
Q&A with the Palestinian Artist Lacoste Wanted to Exclude
We caught up with the Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour, who as we reported on Wednesday is the artist that the French luxury apparel label Lacoste wanted to exclude from the 2011 Lacoste Elysée Prize for being "too pro-Palestinian."
Opinion
Artist David Salle On How He Ended Up at Philip Johnson's Glass House
A good segment by The Glass House invites 1980s art superstar David Salle to the compound in New Canaan, Connecticut to explain how his works got into Philip Johnson's collection.
News
Does Lacoste Hate Palestinians?
A controversy is brewing in Switzerland, where French luxury label Lacoste has attempted to strong arm a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, to exclude Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from the Lacoste Elysée Prize.
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Opinion
The Leaked 2012 Whitney Biennial List [UPDATED]
Gallerist NY got a hold of a leaked version of the 2012 Whitney Biennial artist list and they've posted it online. There's no big surprises here.