Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Our next event will explore "What does it mean to be a modern ecological being amidst a proliferation of networked environments — biological systems, global cultural exchanges, international commerce, industrial grids, digital networks and the World Wide Web?" Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint founded
Art
We've been documenting the signs at Occupy Wall Street for the last few weeks and each time we visit there's a new batch, few are ever the same. It is a very physical manifestation of the protests. As people drop by, paint or leave signs and then proceed on their merry way, it is their words or imag
Opinion
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]
News
"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
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
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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News
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 …
News
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
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
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
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
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