Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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There are 2.1 million "artists" in the United States, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. The national arts organization has just released a study that examines the demographics of the country's artists. Here are some notable facts …
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Last week, we posted about the tragic news of artist Mathieu Lefevre's death when he was cycling on Morgan Avenue in Williamsburg. This week, his family has arrived in New York and is demanding answers.
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Tomorrow, Swann auction house will be presenting a sale, "Atelier 17, Abstract Expressionism & the New York School," which showcases the prints of the Abstract Expressionist era that are often overlooked because the larger, flashier paintings inevitably grab the spotlight. The sale has a particular
Art
We have the best office in the world and we want to share it with you. Over a year ago, we moved into this giant space from our previous office — which was 20% the size of this — with the intention of hosting numerous events and renting out desks. We haven’t hosted as many events as we thought we wo
Opinion
According to BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15436961], the former Turner prize-winner Grayson Perry has called the art establishment disengaged "with the real world."
Interview
Curator Charles Wilkin has put together a show of collage at Picture Farm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The show, presented by Ugly Art Room, opened last Friday and made me wonder how the art form might be different today in contrast to its origins in the early 20th C. I spoke to the curator about cont
Opinion
Leave it to the art world to make everything about them, a tendency that has become crystal clear over the past few weeks since the Occupy Wall Street movement began last month. First the race of anonymous Twitter handles, then it was museums, now it's (of all places) Artist's Space with the compuls
Opinion
This week, it's a mixed bag of artist interviews, design and social media infographics.
News
On Wednesday morning, 30-year-old artist and rising star Mathieu Lefevre was killed in a hit-and-run on Morgan Avenue in Williamsburg. His death is the fourth cycling fatality in Williamsburg in the past four months.
Opinion
Will Brand at Art Fag City has responded to the idea that Occupy Museums is misguided. He says they should target government-funded institutions, but wait, how much government funding do the targeted institutions actually get? I'm afraid not much.
Opinion
Channel Thirteen's Metrofocus blog spoke to the art handlers who have been locked out since August 1 from Sotheby's. Their stories are endearing and give you some insight into who these working men are.
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The Warhol Foundation is dissolving it's Warhol Authentification Board, Inc. According to Warhol Foundation president Joel Wachs, the: " … decision was driven by the financial toll the board's operations have taken on the institution has a whole."