Opinion
Is Occupying Museums Misguided?
This Occupy Museum effort is the most peculiar Occupy Wall Street/art-related thing I've heard about yet. A protest is slated for tomorrow and intends to "occupy" the Frick Museum, MoMA and the New Museum.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
Fight Returns to New York as Locked Out Art Handlers Continue Protest Against Sotheby's
Last week, Sotheby's art handlers took their fight to London but today they're back in New York and manning the picket lines on York Avenue.
News
Largest Urban Art Festival in the Southern Hemisphere Open Nov 4
Other than having a name that sounds like it could be a gay bar in a seedy part of town, Sydney's Cockatoo Island is going to be hosting the largest urban art festival in the southern hemisphere starting November 4 and continuing until to December 11.
Opinion
Occupy Vancouver Goes for the Art Cred
New Yorkers are camping out in the financial district, Los Angelenos are pitching tents near City Hall and Bostonians are in the weird zone between Beacon Hill and government buildings called Dewey Square, but leave it to the West Coast Canucks to show the rest of the world how to do it.
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Yet Another Van Gogh Theory: Suicide or Murder
Maybe people are watching too much Law & Order, but the obsession with Vincent van Gogh and his ear, relationship with Paul Gauguin and tortured life are getting a little too much. Now, the latest theory … he was shot by teenage boys from Paris pretending to be American cowboys.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week is a grab bag of reviews, video clips, profiles and historic finds.
Opinion
A Grassroots Arts Organizer in Philly Responds to "Inequality in Arts Funding" Post
We often get messages and responses to our posts but occasionally some really stand out. The following was in response to the inequality in US arts funding post from Tuesday and it comes from someone in Philadelphia who seems to know the inequality all too well.
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Shepard Fairey Designs #OccupyWallStreet Protest Invite
If until now no bold-faced art world names have jumped into the #OccupyWallStreet ring, Shepard Fairey has officially become the first major artist to throw his artistic support behind the protests by designing the invitation to tomorrow's "The Occupation Party" in Times Square. WNYC's Brigid Bergin
Interview
Tackling the Biggest Taboo in Art: $
Artist Man Bartlett is probing one of the biggest taboos in the art world, money, in his current Google Doc "performance" titled "$." I spoke to him about his ideas in the most recent installment of Hyperallergic TV.
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World's Oldest "Artist Studio" Discovered in South Africa
An exciting find in Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South Africa, is believed to be the world's oldest art studio.
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Stop NYC Mayor Bloomberg from Evicting #OccupyWallStreet [UPDATED: CITY POSTPONES CLEANING]
Take action now! Occupy Wall Street has issued an EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION in order to stop the city of New York from evicted the protesters from Zuccotti Park under the premise of "cleaning" the park area.
Opinion
252+ Professional Photographers Say Enough Is Enough
In a letter to "potential photo buyers" 252+ self-identified professional photographers outline why they can't "work for free." This letter appears designed as a link that photographers can send to individuals who request the use of images for no monetary compensation.