Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
On Wednesday, I was invited to Al Jazeera to give a context for Ai Weiwei's arrest and eventual release. I felt it was important to point out that the Chinese have been using contemporary art and architecture for years [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/artseen/is-contemporary-architecture-a-pr-pa
Opinion
This video is a spoof of artist statements. I certainly don't want people to think all artists are like this, but it's too good not to share. Enjoy.
Art
This year's Northside Open Studios (formerly Greenpoint Open Studios) benefited from the publicity associated with the major north Brooklyn art, film and music festival, but what it didn't have was the art world buzz that the Bushwick Open Studios enjoys after years of promotion. I personally think
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Art
Ai Weiwei may have just been freed, but four of his associates are still missing. Wen Tao, Liu Zhenggang, Zhang Jingsong, and Hu Mingfen were arrested along with Ai Weiwei and are presumably still in prison. Here is some information about them.
Opinion
According to the art world's favorite vlogger, James Kalm, Art in the Streets essayist Carlo McCormick spoke on June 19 at MOCA and Jeffrey Deitch was in the crowd.
News
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.
News
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
Art
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.
Art
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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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
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.
Art
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