Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Today is the day that Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough is going to face the press in Los Angeles to answer questions related to the Wojnarowicz censorship case. I'm sure there will be lots of news from the event, particularly since LA Raw will be protesting [http://hyperallergic.com/17125/la-raw-p
Opinion
We will be chiming in about the VIP art fair tomorrow, but until then I couldn't resist sharing this snark from art blogger Tyler Green. A website is somehow an "art fair?" Uh, OK. I'm pleased to announce that MAN is now the Modern Art Notes Art Fair.less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/Tyler
Interview
The Brooklyn Museum has an extensive collection of Spanish Colonial painting, but the institution's relatively new curator of European art Richard Aste knew the museum lacked the same depth in their British colonial works. Recently, Brooklyn's premiere fine art institution announced the acquisition
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On Monday, January 24, starting at 7pm, Austin Thomas will be hosting an informal "Hippie Potluck" at Hyperallergic HQ and we’re calling it "Covered Dishes & Current Affairs." Attendees are invited to bring a covered dish for the potluck and join in the roundtable discussion about issues of importan
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Los Angeles-based art protest group LA Raw will be staging a Funeral Procession for Freedom of Expression [http://laraw-art.blogspot.com/2011/01/protest-escalating-art-censorship-from.html] on Thursday, January 20, 2011 (11:00 AM) at the Biltmore Hotel (506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071)
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Last Thursday January 13, there was a panel discussion at LA's Fowler Museum titled "How Does Street Art Humanize Cities?" Organized with Zócalo, the event featured curators, artists, and reporters, most of whom were associated in some way with the LA MOCA's upcoming street art exhibition, yet to ev
Opinion
"What really dismays me … is how three major organizations [Time, Toronto Star & New York Times] could send out three of the best photographers in the business and, within the space of just over two weeks, proudly publish nearly the same photo-story … Is this pure coincidence? Or, does it illustrat
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The Left Rights's "I'm on Crack" — Souren Melikian on 20th C Italian figural artists — Glenn Lowry speaks about new plans to expand the MoMA — the 10 best British buildings of the 21st C — Peter Saul interview in the Brooklyn Rail — From the Archives: "How I Got My DIt Degree" — Grayson Perry talks
Art
Tonight, Daniel Larkin and I will be liveblogging night two of the Maximum Perception Performance Festival at the English Kills Art Gallery in Brooklyn. Last night's liveblog can be found here [http://hyperallergic.com/16679/liveblogging-maximum-perception-fri-night/] and tonight we're going to be t
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We're setting up at the English Kills Art Gallery and getting ready for the Friday night liveblogging session. Tonight, Hyperallergic's Kyle Chayka and I will be manning the blog, Twitter & everything else and taking turns chiming in about performances and what's going on around us. The Twitter hash
Opinion
"I was really upset this morning when I found out that Urban Outfitters has STOLEN the work of street artist Cali Killa." — According2g.com I'm a bit torn on this issue since I don't know if an artist who uses public space to display their art (often illegally) has the right to tell someone else the
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Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has initiated a course for contemporary visual artists to protect themselves and their art projects. It is an introduction to legal issues that is designed to make "legalese comprehensible and manageable."