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Thoughts on West Asian Performance Art
We've been catching up on our reading at Hyperallergic HQ and came across this quote by Wafaa Bilal in the Dubai-based Brownbook magazine (Issue 25) about the state of performance art in West Asia …
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Met Museum Announces 5.68 Million Visitors in FY 2011
If you had any question that the Metropolitan Museum was the reigning champion of museum attendance in the US, then their latest figures (5.68 million in FY 2011) should dispel any doubts.
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Painter Lucian Freud Dies at 88
Renowned portraitist and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Lucian Freud died yesterday.
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First Shots Fired in 2012 US Presidential Street Art Battle
Let's face it, 2008 was the year of Obamart and Obama street art. The art world couldn't get enough of the nation's first black presidential contender with a good chance of winning, Barack Obama, but 2012 is another story. Has the passion for Obama died down? Will the street art battle be more fierc
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Onion: City Opens Art Jail
Dear Onion, will you please have my baby? Here is their latest brilliance … "Most visitors to the art jail … said they were grateful for the opportunity to see the prisoners, though some acknowledged … [it] was emotionally complicated for them."
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Glass House's Donald Judd Getting Conserved, Artist's Son Answers Your Questions
Art nerds of the world, rejoice! Flavin Judd, the son of famed minimalist sculptor Donald Judd, is answering questions about his father's work and its conservation.
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The White House's Newest Norman Rockwell
Are there too many works by Norman Rockwell at the White House? Probably, but last Friday US President Barack Obama took time out of his schedule to discuss the 1963 painting by Norman Rockwell, titled "The Problem We All Live With," with the representatives of the Norman Rockwell Museum and the wom
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I'm Baaack …
After a two weeks on the road, I'm back in Brooklyn and again at the helm of Hyperallergic.
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Required Reading
This week's Required Reading has a talk by Ji Lee, Anthony Weiner on the street, Samarqand pics, Lucien Freud's subjects speak, the Museum of (in)Tolerance, Google image search changes, Matt Black's Mexican photos and James Schamus on art in times of crisis.
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Monkey Business With Copyright
Last Sunday, we linked [http://hyperallergic.com/28569/required-reading-19/] to the story about a monkey who took a photo and resulting legal issue of copyright around the image. Well, Techdirt who first asked the question, "Who Owns the Copyright?" just received a takedown notice [http://www.techdi
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The Way Forward For Social Media Art
My latest thoughts on the evolving discussion about the use of social media in art and where it should (in my opinion) go.
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Required Reading
This week's Required Reading examines how copyright law impacts images by animals, art's LGBT problem, a history of English, China's political prisoners, against reviews and Frank Lloyd Wright's dislike of intellectuals.