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Possibly the Best Use of an Art Fair Eva
This story brings a tear to my eye: "Supporters of the campaign to recall Michigan Gov Rick Snyder are reporting they collected more than 5,000 signatures during the Ann Arbor Art Fair."
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Ai Weiwei Back Online, Breaks Social Media Silence
Whatever artist Ai Weiwei's deal is with the Chinese authorities about his participation on social media, it doesn't appear to have included the newest kid on the social networking block, Google Plus.
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Required Reading
This week, Geronimo's eye, classic New York art dealer profiles, did arts reporting save the Rose Art Museum, in defense of bare walls, Uffizi's new iPad app, artist suppression, Frederick Law Olmstead on the US South, Marshall McLuhan speaking to high school students (circa 1960s), a video tour of
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Minimalism's (Ahem) "Relations"
A golden nugget from James Kalm's Facebook profile page and the birth of a fantastic new term, "vaginal surround sound."
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First US Residency for LGBT Artists Launches on Fire Island
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the first artist-in-residency program exclusively for emerging LGBT contemporary artists in the United States, has announced its very first summer residency program, which is slated to take place August 12 – 26, 2011 in the Cherry Grove community of Fire Island,
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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 …
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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