Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Interview
The second in a special series sponsored by 20x200 that profiles some of the people who are attending the New York art fairs this week. The following is a random sampling of attendees at the 2011 The Dependent art fair on Friday night. Here is who and what I found on a Thursday afternoon in Chelsea.
Art
If people were complaining that The Independent was a scene with its cooler-than-thou veneer of globalization and slightly aloof exhibitors and audience, than they probably hadn't seen The Dependent art fair, which was the dictionary definition of "art scene." For four hours on a Friday night, two f
Art
When the Verge art fair launched Verge Brooklyn, many Brooklyn galleries were peeved that the DUMBO-based event would take away from local galleries scenes. Why would they have to pay to be in an art fair in their own borough when Armory week was the only time they could get out of town collectors t
Interview
Wayne Coe creates complicated sand paintings on the sidewalks and floors of New York using the language of gay male porn theater advertising from the 1970s and 1980s to create ads for contemporary artists. I caught up with the artist, who was performing for six hours yesterday as part of Brooklyn Ar
Interview
Starting today, I will be posting a special series sponsored by 20x200 that will profile some of the people who are attending the New York art fairs this week. I did a random sampling of attendees at the 2011 Pulse Art Fair to give a sense of who the audience is for these annual events. Here is who
Art
If the art world has been about globalism for quite a while I can say that is more true now than ever — if that's possible.
Interview
Last month, we learned that Paddy Johnson of Art Fag City curated a show of animated GIFs and now I've discovered that Lauren Cornell, the executive director of Rhizome, is selling these often trippy nuggets of Graphics Interchange Format at the 2011 New York Armory Show. Yes, that's right. She's a
Art
If the contemporary side of the Armory is flashier with its glamor and energy, this is the tried and true historical wing that presents a more reserved modernist face but not one without a lot of seduction. Here are some of my picks for what to see if you visit.
News
The New York Times is reporting on its ArtsBeat blog that the Egyptian Antiquities head, Zahi Hawass, may resign after a month of defending his work as the head of antiquities and, in more troubling news, he has revealed some facts that suggest Egypt's ancient heritage isn't exactly safe … [NYTimes'
Art
I've already expressed my affection for apartment shows but hallway — or landing, to be more precise — shows I've been mum about … until now. This past weekend curator Martin Esteves pulled off a smart, small pop-up exhibition on a friend's landing on Dupont Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
News
According to the Loveland Reporter-Herald [http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?id=31264], the Christian fundamentalist trucker who damaged artist Enrique Chagoya's “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals” at the Loveland Museum Gallery in Loveland, Colorado has been "ordered to pay $2,
Opinion
Artist Pantonio has transformed the scene of a car crash in Lisbon into a Pop Art-style explosion reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein. The street "tribute" seems appropriate considering Lichtenstein freely transformed the imagery he found in comic books into fine art.