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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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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
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Graffiti Writers Fail to Obey Controversial Fairey Mural in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN — Shepard Fairey's wall mural at Jagtvej 69 in the Nørrebro neighborhood of Copenhagen may scream "Peace" but graffiti artists appear to have declared war on the art work that sits on the site of Ungdomshuset, the former leftist youth center that was destroyed by the country's right-wing
Opinion
Required Reading
This week's edition of Required Reading comes a little later than usual, but aren't all good things worth the wait? We'll be back to our morning publishing schedule next Sunday. Enjoy the linkage.
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Gender Bending in Danish Painting
COPENHAGEN — While I've been exploring contemporary Danish art, I wanted to take time to see some more historic Scandinavian works to put the work in context. A visit to the National Gallery of Denmark was a treat (more about that later) but this one painting by Kristian Zahrtmann was particularly c
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Danish Architecture Is Going BIG
COPENHAGEN — I knew little about the Bjarke Ingels Group (aka BIG) or their architectural practice based in Denmark beyond some photos I had on the internet or publication. Well, yesterday, thanks to a request by Forrest Nash of Contemporary Art Daily, we were treated to a tour of a number of buildi
Opinion
NY Times Gives You a Video Tour of WTC Site
In two weeks (if not sooner), we'll be hearing wall-to-wall info about the World Trade Center site and 9/11. Before the frenzy begins, treat yourself with this small video tour prepared by the New York Times.
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Hyperallergic Travels to Copenhagen for Art Weekend
Starting tomorrow we will be filing reports on all we discover in this city renowned for exquisite design, social democracy, environmentalism and — more recently — Mohammad cartoons oops, wrong Danish city, we've learned something new already. We will explore what this city has to offer for the art
Opinion
Today Is Your Last Day to Join Mashable’s Facebook Wall "Art Work"
Last week, Benjamin Lotan of Social Printshop stopped by Hyperallergic HQ to chat about his VC-funded art project that explores social media startups. Also, he's been commissioned by the social media tech site Mashable to create a wallpaper of all their Facebook fans, and there's still time for you
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Join Us on Tues Sept 13 to Explore the Art of Sleep
Laurie Frick has been delving deep into sleep, in fact she uses the data to create art works and installations that incorporate the abstractions that emerge from sleep monitoring and she creates rhythmic abstractions that feel sprawling and musical. The project is called Quantifying-me. Join us and
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A Harajuku Cinderella Story
This week's Video Column pick had me at the abstract flatulence. Kyary (aka きゃり or Carrie) started as a Japanese fashion blogger, became a Harajuku fashion mag model, launched a line of fake eyelashes and now (since last month) she's a Jpop phenom. What's not to love?