Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
We don't have definitive proof that Norte Maar's In the Use of Others for the Change will be the first-ever modern ballet in Bushwick, Brooklyn but we think it just might be. As an added bonus … tonight (Friday, April 1, 9pm - closing), Bushwick watering hole, Bodega Wine Bar, welcomes fans of Norte
Opinion
Streetsy's Jake Dobkin took up the infographic gauntlet we threw at your feet yesterday with a smart chart about the degrees of selling out for street artists … well, we have some annotations.
News
The egotistical Hawass is baaaack! Less than a month after leaving his post as Egypt's Minister of Antiquities due to revolution fallout, Zahi Hawass has returned to the job.
![Street Art via Infographic? [UPDATED]](/content/images/size/w600/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2011/03/graffstreetart-infograph-home.jpg)
Opinion
Infographics never tell the whole story in that they omit details and attempt to make clear narratives where none exist. But Daniel Feral's GRAFFITI & STREET ART graphic, which is labeled “a 75th Anniversary celebration of Alfred H. Barr, Jr's CUBISM & ABSTRACT ART diagram,” attempts to create reaso
Art
As promised, today we inaugurate the first edition of our newly minted Mail Art Bulletin, catchy, ain't it? And we start with this work from a rather hunky talented Vermont-based trio, Wreck & Salvage.
Opinion
This is a wonderfully vivid story from the WSJ about the relationship of dealer William Acquavella and artist Lucien Freud and the artist's bookie.
Opinion
Ok, some dude buys a painting cuz he likes the frame, turns out it may be Post-Impressionist super-painter Paul Cezanne's earliest painting eva — he would've been a 15 year old art student at the time. Now that people think it's a Cezanne it may be worth £40million. But wait, it's pretty fugly. Disc
Art
After watching Bushwick's visual arts scene grow and usurp the energy of Williamsburg's two decades of dominance as the epicenter of the city's artistic edge, curator Larry Walczak decided it was time to put together an exhibition that investigates the neighborhood's recent art heritage. The show, W
News
Last week, we reported on the growing concern in the visual art and human rights communities about the treatment of workers at the Abu Dhabi Guggenheim project, and this week two Guggenheim leaders have written directly to two prominent artists who signed the petition.
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News
The Portland Press-Herald is reporting that Maine's labor leaders believe their Republican governor's decision to remove a pro-labor mural from the state's Department of Labor is "political payback" and "a spiteful, mean-spirited move by the governor that does nothing to create jobs or improve the M
Art
About a month ago, I went to my home mailbox to retrieve, well, my mail and lamented that all I ever receive via snail mail is bills, solicitations for donations, wedding invitations and junk mail. More interesting or personal mail never comes through snail mail anymore — courier, sometimes, email,
Opinion
For tonight's Triangle Arts Association benefit at Beacon restaurant in midtown Manhattan, artist William Powhida submitted this wry drawing of his thoughts about some of the city's art critics.