Opinion
99% of the Art World
If some in the art world are the 1%, most of us are the other 99%. [We Are the 99 Percent [http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/post/11037150025] tumblelog]
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
Baltimore's Walters Art Museum Posts 1/3 Of Its Collection Online
"More than 10,000 items in the Walters Art Museum — about a third of the total collection — can now be viewed and downloaded online for free, without copyright restrictions." [Baltimore Sun [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-walters-digital-20111004,0,2684793.story]]
Opinion
Scrutiny of Arkansas's Rich New American Art Museum Begins
Let's all agree on one thing, if you have to use the term "world-class" then you probably aren't, but that's not to say that Arkansas's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art isn't going to make a splash next month when it opens in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Art
Corporate Media Fictions: Brad Downey and Banksy
Just over two weeks ago, a story about an excavated Banksy in Berlin ricocheted across the global media. Most of the coverage featured closely cropped smiley faced riot police and the name "Banksy" screamed in the media coverage. From the tone of the coverage and the emphasis on the discovery of a l
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Astor Place Cube Latest to Get a Crocheted Cozy [UPDATED]
Is the anything Olek won't crochet? Is anyone or thing safe from her maniacal need to cover things up? Another question we're pondering, do we like Bernard Rosenthal's "Alamo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_(sculpture)]" (1967) better this way? Hmmm …
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Claes Oldenburg Unveils Fourth Large-Scale Sculpture in Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love must love supersized objects because they now have a fourth large-scale art work by Pop art master Claes Oldenburg.
Interview
Manhattan Cathedral Explores Water in Art
If you're near Columbia University, there's an art show that sounds worthwhile exploring and it's devoted to water. The Cathedral of St. John, which has long had an established art program, is tackling the topic of H2O in their current art show that features some major artists, including Jenny Holze
Opinion
Required Reading
This week … Warhol's Headline works, a 2003 interview with Sol LeWitt, Twitter paintings by Evan Roth, Kapoor & Isozaki partner for an inflatable concert hall, world's earliest Christian inscription is identified, Gagosian's Madison Ave shop closes, NY pics from 1974, color TV spots from the 1960s a
News
Boston Activists "Art Attack" Bus Shelters
Discontent is stirring in New England's biggest city, and today a rally called Take Back Boston began. In preparation for the big event, local activists have outfitted 13 bus shelters with images that make them resemble foreclosed homes.
News
Day 14: Live from #OccupyWallStreet
We have a reporter on the scene providing us with info live from lower Manhattan that we're tweeting [http://twitter.com/hyperallergic] and we are posting photos as we receive them on our Facebook Page [http://facebook.com/hyperallergic].
Art
Is this #OccupyWallStreet's Pop Culture Moment In 4…3…2…1…
There are moments in all great protests that propel it into the mainstream, what they do with it is up to its supporters. Today just may be the day that Occupy Wall Street gets it's moment, then again maybe not, but what seems sure at this point is that it may happen very soon.
News
DIY Art Giant Bob Cassilly Died This Week
We received this note yesterday from a Hyperallergic reader: "Bob Cassilly died … His bulldozer tumbled down a rocky hill, flipping over a bunch of times while he was in it. He was a pretty tough guy. He turned a giant shoe factory in St. Louis into The City Museum. A wonderland of potential lawsuit