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Ai Weiwei Talks to LA Times About Health & Life Post-prison
The LA Times has gotten Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei to talk about his art, but more significantly about his detention and life after months in prison.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
The Museum In Your Video Game
Since 8-bit everything is so in nowadays, it should be no surprise that the geeks (I admit, I can be one) are combing over vintage (and more recent) video games to find glimpses of art and other visual treats. Here are some screenshots that would make the art set look twice when they partake in vide
Opinion
How An Artist in 1881 Imagined the New York of the Future
"When cartoonist Thomas Nast drew this illustration of future Manhattan for Harper's Weekly in 1881, Trinity Church was the tallest building in New York, with its spire and cross reaching 281 feet into the heavens." [Paleofuture [http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2011/8/18/new-yorks-tallest-building-o
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Dutch Museum May Sell Art to Pay the Bills
You know the recession is getting bad when you read things like this: "Rotterdam's Wereldmuseum plans to sell its African and American treasures to cover funding shortfalls … " [Reuters [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/17/us-finearts-netherlands-museums-idUSTRE77G38220110817]]
Opinion
Painter Chris Martin Goes Really Big in DC
I'm as big of a Chris Martin fan as vlogger and writer James Kalm (aka painter Loren Munk), so the video he just uploaded on YouTube of Martin's new solo person museum show — his first — at the Corcoran Gallery of Artin Washington, DC, is a treat.
Interview
Dread Scott Is Bringing the Wars Home
I encountered Dread Scott's curious flag project, “Flags Are Very Popular These Days” (2011), on Facebook and was fascinated by its simplicity. Last month, the artist placed the flags of four nations (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan) on overpasses in upstate New York. These symbols of pride for
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City Says It's Graffiti, Church Says It's Ministry
A church in Yuma, Arizona, is getting in trouble with the local city government because of an innovative way to reach out to the local population, an art wall. [Yuma Sun [http://www.yumasun.com/news/city-72198-wall-church.html]]
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, architect Frank Lloyd Wright talks about the corner window, which he says is "an idea conceived early in my work that the box is a fascist symbol," the mess that Mark Rothko's suicide created, the first signs of street art about the UK riots, discovering work from the master of correspond
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Danes Tell Shepard Fairey "Go Home, Yankee Hipster"
Some Danes just beat up commercial propagandist street artist Shepard Fairey outside a nightclub calling him an "Obama illuminati" and telling him to "go back to America."
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Hyperallergic Launches Curated Page on Kickstarter
In our efforts to support more DIY projects by the world's leading and emerging creatives, Hyperallergic is launching a curated Kickstarter page that will feature art-related projects we think are worth your time and money to support.
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Nurture Art Moving to Heart of Bushwick's Art Scene
The well-respect nonprofit arts organization Nurture Art signed a lease today for a new space at 56 Bogart Street, which is quickly transforming into the hub of Bushwick's burgeoning nonprofit arts and gallery scene.
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In Latest Sign of Apocalypse, China Lecturing UK Over Web Freedoms
The Chinese Xinhua news agency points out the hypocrisy of the UK PM lecturing the world about web freedom and then talking about curbing his own.