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Opinion
Is America Tanking in Venice? [UPDATE]
Love it or hate it, Allora & Calzadilla's entry to the US Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale is a showstopper perfectly tuned for the art world's version of the Olympics.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Digging Up the Roses on Park Avenue
This week, Will Ryman's "The Roses" installation along Park Avenue are saying bye bye. But when I spotted them yesterday all dug up with their "roots" exposed, I thought it somehow completed the work.
Art
MTA Continues to Ignore Bushwick Open Studios, Take Action Now!
In the five year history of the Bushwick Open Studios, New York's MTA has subjected the north Brooklyn festival to three subway outages that have and will seriously impact its ability to attract people from outside the neighborhood. Take action! Please call Andy Inglesby at the MTA, 646-252-2658, an
Opinion
Style Warz: Manhattan Ballet Shoes vs Brooklyn Sneakers
I love aesthetic battles and I secretly miss the war of subcultures (through style, of course) that was a staple of the late 20th C. Think mods vs punks, but in a Manhattan (ballet shoes, of course) vs. Brooklyn (sneakers, wassup) kinda way. I spotted this today and it stopped me in my tracks. Me li
Art
Milk Does a White Body Good
Artist Nate Hill's new project, "White Power Milk" (2011), pushes the boundaries of race, sexuality and commodification. He explains, "I named it 'White Power Milk' because I'm selling people that access to white girls from powerful families. Those are the hardest white girls to get access to. They
News
Guggenheim Foundation Supports Appointment of Independent Monitor for Abu Dhabi Project
A statement by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was released today in support of the appoint of PricewaterhouseCoopers as an independent monitor at the Abu Dhabi Guggenheim.
Opinion
NY Museum Attendance & Twitter Followers
@MuseumNerd, that anonymous art personality on Twitter, has blogged an interesting graphic that lists the attendance to New York museums, their Twitter following, and how they measure up.
Opinion
Required Reading
Jeff Koons's art collection, thoughts on LA MOCA's questionable art history, Invader in Paris, a tour of the Calatrava building in Milwaukee, something fishy about Warhol, iPhone photography and corporate culture and the US government … all on this week's Required Reading.
Art
Indie Art Publishers Take Root in North Brooklyn
If you don’t know the names of Pen15 Press, Wild Isle, For the Birds collective, Birdsong Collective, Burn Books and Brooklyn Arts Press yet, you probably should. These groups are producing indie art books worth a look, and form the center of Brooklyn DIY arts publishing. Yet even given the ready sc
Opinion
Not as Famous, or Lesser-known Relatives of Well-known Artists
Dik F. Liu is a Williamsburg-based artist who has compiled a fascinating list on his Facebook profile page of what he has termed the "Not as Famous - Lesser known relatives of well-known artists." He has allowed us to publish a number of the gems he's found. Love triangles, same-sex spouses, illegit
Art
Mail Art Bulletin: Information Distortion Field
Artist Brian Dupont has been a longtime Hyperallergic pal. He describes is art as "a study of how the visual aspects of information can be conveyed — or distorted — within the framework of abstract painting." That visually abstract lexicon is often layered with words and letters to convey an added s
Art
Under Construction at Parker's Box
If contemporary art remains far too removed from daily life for some people, Briac Leprêtre's Like It Is exhibition at Parker's Box makes the case for exactly the opposite. On the walls of the Williamsburg gallery viewers encounter carefully constructed watercolors of unfinished domestic interiors a