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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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.
Opinion
Art Project Gauges Emotions of City Dwellers
Some cities have clocks, lights that will tell you if it's raining or LED screens that tell you the temperature outside, but this project by artists Julius von Bismarck, Benjamin Maus and Richard Wilhelmer may be the first to tell people the mood of a city.
News
Performance Artist Censored and Banned on Ustream Because of Doll Nudity
Yesterday, performance artist Amber Hawk Swanson began her latest performance that was to feature the transformation of a life-sized sex doll of her likeness into a small replica of a bull orca at SeaWorld Orlando. Sure, the performance may sound out of the ordinary for veterans of the "there's noth
News
Postmodernist Architecture Becomes History
Oh, postmodernism. You are history now. This fall, architect Michael Graves classic 1982 Portland building was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
Opinion
People and Their Fish Doppelgängers
People often comment on how people and their pets lookalike but usually they're not talking about fish. In his Evolution series, photographer Ted Sabarese captures carefully composed images of people with the fish they resemble — no, they're not pets. Even though the concept sounds peculiar the resu
Opinion
Wrapping Up 2011
In the next few weeks we'll be posting our end-of-year reflections but we just wanted to take some time out and thank you, our readers, for helping us make this year our best yet.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, architectural drama, Voina arrests, Gerhard Richter at the Tate Modern, image search tools that will change your life, plagiarism and cartoonists and a chromatic typewriter.