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Brooklyn Museum Nixes Street Art Show
The Brooklyn Museum has issued a press release stating that it will no longer be hosting LA MOCA's Art in the Streets exhibition, which was scheduled to appear in Brooklyn next spring.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Maine Gov Flooded With Messages from Labor Mural Supporters
Governor Paul LePage's decision to remove a labor mural from Maine’s Dept of Labor was met with an avalanche of messages critical of the Republican leader's need to appear more pro-business. According to AP's analysis, 92 percent of the individual letters opposed the governor's action. [HuffPost [ht
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It's Getting Ugly Out There on Bedford
As part of the Williamsburg Walks and this weekend's Northside Festival, our favorite north Brooklyn migrating gallery, the Ugly Art Room, set up shop on Bedford Ave with what they are calling Opening Rejection.
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And the Envelope Please… "Presents" Mail Art Opening
We had a great turn out last night for the opening of Presents: Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ. Over a hundred people came through to take a look at the 120+ submissions from around the world.
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Visit Us this Weekend During the Northside Festival
Our office is open all weekend (12–6p) for the Presents: Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ [http://www.northsideopenstudios.org/] exhibition, which is part of L Magazine's massive Northside Festival [http://www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/NorthsideFestivalNews/] in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
Interview
Mail Art Bulletin: The Unlikely Mail Artist
As president of the legendary American Abstract Artists and an accomplished talent who creates thoroughly abstract paintings, Don Voisine is not someone you'd normally associate with mail art, a medium that is dominated by artists who integrate text or collage into their work.
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For the Love of Constructivist Russia
The Tony Shafrazi Gallery is currently showing a rare collection of 95 rare Soviet Constructivist film posters, circa 1920-33, and a model of Vladimir Tatlin's influential "Monument for the Third International" (1920/1967). These gems of early 20th C. graphic design were cutting edge for their time
Opinion
Shepard Fairey's Secret "Revealed"?
I can't believe TMZ is in the art game (you know you're mainstream when … ) but the look on street artist Shepard Fairey's face when his wife offers her take on if he goes out on the street posting stuff anymore is priceless. Ouch.
Interview
An Unknown Chapter at America's Bauhaus
In the summer of 1952, artist Jack Tworkov traveled to Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina. A leading figure of the New York School, his time at the influential American school, which some people consider "America's Bauhaus," is the subject of a new exhibition. We talked to the curat
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Our Guide to this Weekend's Northside Open Studios
In his month's WG News, Hyperallergic devotes its "Off the Wall" column to our picks for what to do and see during this upcoming weekend's Northside Open Studios.
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Office Space for Rent at Hyperallergic HQ in Williamsburg
We have the best office in the world and we want to share it with you. Over a year ago, we moved into this giant space from our previous office — which was 20% the size of this — with the intention of hosting numerous events and renting out desks. We haven't hosted as many events as we thought we wo
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Required Reading
This week… the Rothko Chapel at 40, artists and their audiences, Ai Weiwei 25 yrs ago, ageism & photographers, honeybees & humans design together, the commerce of fan art, Tintoretto at the Venice Biennale, AIDS at 30, IBM & the Met collaborate to preserve art, Kickstarter is the 3rd largest comic b