Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Today's additions to the Mail Art Bulletin come from California, London and Florida. I want to mention that over the course of the last few month I've discovering that my preconceived notions about mail art (a hand-drawn or -printed item in a carefully prepared envelope) are antiquated. The examples
Opinion
There's a lot of art news coming out of Milwaukee this week and all of it makes some of us wondering what the hell is happening in the city we normally associate with Laverne & Shirley and bratwurst. First, the director of Milwaukee Art Museum made silly comments that museums should not be political
Interview
Portland's Eyebrow House transforms a typical mid-century American home by integrating curvilinear elements that look futuristic and industrial without rejecting the neighborhood and its identity.
Opinion
This month's ARTnews includes an extensive feature by veteran arts writer Barbara Pollack on social media art. This is a fascinating read for anyone interested in understanding the emergence of social media art and how artists are using the medium to create work.
Opinion
This week, Steve Jobs presented Apple's plans to create a four-story glass donut-shaped building on a 148-acre site to the Cupertino City Council. Jobs says that Apple plans to build an office building that will house up to 13,000 employees and something that "architecture students will come here to
Art
This Friday, 70+ New York startups and tech companies — including us! — are opening their doors so you can see where the magic happens. Organized by Harvest, this event is an official partner of Internet Week New York 2011.
Opinion
World-renowned street artist Swoon is installing her newest work in the central hall of the New Orleans Museum of Art and photographer and art historian John D'Addario was there to capture a glimpse for Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Last Friday, I asked Kate Wadkins to work with some Hyperallergic writers and interns who were asked to pick a mail art submission and respond to it.
News
The official website of the coalition of artists boycotting the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has this to say about the Guggenheim Foundation's announcement of PricewaterhouseCooper's (PwC) as the new monitor of the UAE project …
Art
Yesterday, I convinced curators Ali Ha and Jason Andrew to give me a peak at the Surrealism show that opens tonight at Factory Fresh as part of the 2011 Bushwick Open Studios.
News
The 54th Venice Biennale has awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion for best national pavilion, to Germany for the art of Christoph Schlingensief. The best art work was given to Christian Marclay's "The Clock" (2011). [In the Air/Artinfo [http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2011/06/04/germany-takes
Art
Artist Julie Torres hosted two months of collaborative drawing nights at Hyperallergic HQ in February and March of this year. The project generated 100 drawings that are currently on display at Norte Maar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The resulting show, titled So Happy Together: Forty-five Artists and The