Art
Happy Holidays from Hyperallergic!
Hyperallergic hopes you have a very happy holiday season and may your 2012 be filled with peace, justice and joy.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
The Only Contemporary Illustration of The Tower of Babel
Newly translated cuneiform texts are expanding what we know of Ancient Babylon. One depicts the only contemporary illustration of the Tower of Babel.
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Announcement
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Major Egyptian Library Devastated by Fire
La Libération newspaper has confirmed [http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012378369-l-institut-d-egypte-fonde-par-bonaparte-est-parti-en-fumee] that the 213-year-old Institut d'Égypte, which was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, has been ravaged by fire.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, new Banksy, artists/writers design money, early Christian art, talking to Gabriel Orozco, catalogue raisonnés, modern art toilets, globalizing art history, design criticism and political photo trends.
News
US House Votes to Cut NEA Funding 6%
Today, according to the Americans for the Arts, the US House of Representatives passed the final budget agreement for 2012, which cuts funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by 6%.
Art
A Look at Our Brooklyn Night Bazaar Booth
Thank you to all the artists who have contributed to our booth at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar. It was fun last night and we're doing it again today and tomorrow starting at 5pm and going until 1am.
Opinion
A Building That Almost Disappears
This mirage-like structure is Sou Fujimoto's winning proposal for the Taiwan Tower International Competition. Designed for Taichung in west-central Taiwan, the unusual park rises 1,000 feet above the cityscape.
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Announcement
[Sponsor] Dia Art Foundation presents Opus + One, a new exhibition by Jean-Luc Moulène, Opening December 17, 2011
Dia Art Foundation presents Opus + One, the first comprehensive museum exhibition in North America devoted to the work of Paris-based artist Jean-Luc Moulène. Commissioned by Dia, Opus + One will comprise objects and images created over the past two decades and will be on view at Dia:Beacon, Riggio
Opinion
Weekly Art Rx
The Holiday season is going at full speed but there's still time to inoculate yourself with art to save you from the endless parties, family gatherings and other affairs that force you to eat, drink and be merry. This.Is.Your.Last.Chance.
Art
Yo, Brooklyn Night Bazaar Starts Thurs Dec 15
We're very excited to be part of the Brooklyn Night Bazaar that starts tomorrow night in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and continues until Saturday (5pm to midnight). The large-scale night market in a 40,000 sq ft warehouse on Kent Avenue, between N5th and N6th Streets, will include over a hundred art, foo
Opinion
The World-Famous Architect, A Comic
From the desk of the always brilliant Grant Snider is this clever take on the starchitect.