Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
The death of Kim Jong Il has reinforced the feeling that North Korea may just be one of the most remote places on earth, yet it is a distance not based on geography but psychology. Looking at the retro-seeming images from this faraway land makes me think its population of 24 million has been trapped
Opinion
Booooooom invited their readers to recreate their favorite paintings or photos using photography. The results are pretty creative.
News
According to Gothamist, an attorney representing the family of killed cyclist and artist Mathieu Lefevre has sent a scathing letter to the NYPD's Accident Investigation Squad, blasting the department's handling of the investigation
Art
Hyperallergic hopes you have a very happy holiday season and may your 2012 be filled with peace, justice and joy.
News
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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News
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
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
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
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
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
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