Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
The latest contribution to the Mail Art Bulletin comes from A Trail of Bread Crumbs, which I know as a tumblelog. Getting to know someone through an online publication is a strange thing. Even if there are moments of revelation about the person behind the posts, there is a distance that you can neve
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The Clyfford Still Museum, now set to open Nov. 18 in Denver, says it will house 94% of the artist’s total creative output.less than a minute ago [https://twitter.com/#!/knightlat/status/65514717040484352] via web [http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png] Favorite [http://twit
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Today's official NYC opening of #Ai [http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ai] Weiwei's sculptural exhibition, #ZodiacHeads [http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ZodiacHeads], has been delayed. Stay tuned for further details.less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/#!/zodiacheads/status/65037975783878656] via
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Is appreciating art in its full context about the money … self promotion is forever … not all Chinese artists want to be political … are websites the art of our time … a 1988 video about graffiti being a crime … Superman is no longer American …
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The Gothamist got inside the secret rooms of Manhattan's The Frick Collection to take a look at the bowling allery, workshop and staff diner that are off limits to visitors. Check it out. [http://gothamist.com/2011/04/29/inside_the_fricks_secret_rooms.php#photo-1]
Art
Today's addition exemplifies the free-for-all nature of mail art. Inside this cardboard box we discovered the work of artist Mira Gerard and her "Combined Media" class at East Tennessee State University. Needless to say, we couldn't wait to crack it open.
Opinion
Teri Tynes of the Walking Off the Big Apple blog went to the preview for Anthony Caro's mini-retrospective on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum. She has published a good set of photos and a post that reports on the artist and what he said during the press event.
News
Last friday, a federal judge denied a request to order Maine to return a mural to a state Labor Department office where it was removed last month. According to the ruling [http://ia600606.us.archive.org/30/items/gov.uscourts.med.40981/gov.uscourts.med.40981.24.0.pdf], the Maine governor's order to r
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A vibrant Picasso painting, which has not been seen in public for six decades, was donated by an anonymous American under the condition that the University of Sydney sell the work to fund scientific research. [BBC]
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William Evertson created one of the most surprising packages we've received for the Mail Art Bulletin. His padded envelope covered with grids and stamps of all kinds, including one that read "Will Work for Food" and another of our Hyperallergic "H" logo, arrived bulging and begging us to open it.
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As LA's MOCA tries to give graffiti and street art their moment in the Southern California sun, in New York LA II, aka Angel Ortiz, and in Los Angeles, Revok, aka Jason Williams, are in jail for doing the art they love.