Opinion
Fantastic Web Environments of Tape
Today in your dose of "WOW," Viennese/Croatian design collective Numen/For Use create impressive webs in outdoor and indoor spaces using tape.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
A Red Hot Chill Pepper & Ed Ruscha In a Car, No Punchline But There's a Video
Oh look, it's a promo video featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and famed painter Ed Ruscha driving in a car (it's LA, after all) and providing soundbites about art.
Art
Musings & Images from the 2011 Bushwick Open Studios
I admit it, sometimes I'm slow to post something. Case in point, my article on the 2011 Bushwick Open Studios was published in the summer edition of the Brooklyn Rail but I never got around the publishing in here. So, here I go. Posting this piece I wrote before summer started right before the seaso
News
Museum Bows to Pressure From Jewish Groups and Cancels Palestinian Children's Art Show
Pressure from some Bay Area Jewish groups and others have pushed the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) in Oakland, California, to cancel A Child's View from Gaza, which is an exhibition featuring 50 art works by Palestinian children aged 9 to 11.
Opinion
Required Reading on 9/11
Today is the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 and this edition of Required Reading is about 9/11 and the power of images.
Opinion
Actor Jim Carrey Discovers NY Anti-Graff Laws
TMZ reports actor Jim Carrey's 1st attempt at "street art" was cleaned up by city workers but now he's "stuck it to The Man with a brand new piece."
Opinion
How Far Is Too Far With 9/11 Art?
Today, Wooster Collective has published the above work by street artist Zevs that is only visible using UV light and was created in the actual room that the convicted 9/11 terrorists stayed in before their infamous attack. But what does this say?
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Struggling Seaport Museum Gets $2M Grant
Some good news for Manhattan's Seaport Museum, which has been in financial trouble for quite some time, as they received a $2 million grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
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Mix & Match: 13th C Castle Wants the Street Art to Stay
A Scottish Castle commissioned four Brazilian street artists to paint their walls and now they are fighting to have them stay that way.
Opinion
Poul Gernes's Palads Cinema, Too Much?
Near Arne Jacobsen's SAS Hotel and a stone's throw from Tivoli Gardens is a peculiar building painted by Danish artist Poul Gernes. Labeled as part of his "Decorations" on his website, this multi-colored building is a flash of color in the city. I've been told architects hate it, but I'm more curiou
Art
A Walk Into the Lobby of the World's First Designer Hotel
I couldn't imagine leaving Copenhagen without experiencing the classic Arne Jacobsen SAS Hotel that opened in 1960. One of the things that makes this structure so unique is that Jacobsen was commissioned by SAS, the Scandinavian airline, to design the world's first designer hotel. While the notion o