Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
You know you're going to spend money this holiday season even if it's only a gift or two for friends, family or that special someone. So, why not spending money in a way that supports emerging galleries, craftspeople, artists, charities, or quality small businesses that are trying to do something di
Art
Even if illustrator-cum-post-modern-artist Norman Rockwell initially titled his iconic work about Thanksgiving, “Freedom From Want [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms_%28Norman_Rockwell%29]“ and never mind that it was published in March 1943, the painting has come to exemplify the picture-pe
Opinion
We already mention [http://hyperallergic.com/12906/italian-pm-gives-roman-statue-a-new-penis/] that the scandal-prone Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ridiculous request to provide an antique Roman sculpture with a new penis and hand but The Telegraph shows us what the before and after of
Art
This Saturday, November 27, we’re wrapping up the exhibition portion of #TheSocialGraph with a listening party for Paddy Johnson's "Sound of Art" vinyl. The festivities will take place 6-9pm. Yes, you may have been to the Sound of Art launch party, bought the t-shirts, even won the Candyass football
Opinion
… And just in time for the Miami art fairs! You'll remember Peter Fuss as the Polish artist who posted a billboard of a dead Obama during the 2008 US Presidential campaign, well, now he's taking aim at someone with more art world cred … the king of global gallery domination, Larry Gagosian.
Interview
Los Angeles-based artist James Gilbert has been exploring the nature of privacy online with Tweeted, Googled and Inappropriately Touched. The cleverly named series incorporates smaller sub-projects, like "Privacy Is Dead Because We Said So, 2.0" (2010), which is included in #TheSocialGraph [http://h
Interview
Last Saturday's All City Block Party [http://rwkstreetspot.blogspot.com/2010/11/bushwick-block-party-this-saturday.html ] at Factory Fresh in Bushwick attracted street art fans and artists to cover the walls of the block-long Vandervoort Place with murals and art work by Brooklyn talents, including
Opinion
And art continues its march into mainstream pop culture … with the newly released/leaked (who can tell anymore) Kanye West track featuring Jay-Z, “That's My Bitch," which includes the following artful references to Basquiat, Picasso, Mona Lisa, and Larry Gagosian.
News
Photographer and art historian John D'Addario [jonnodotcom.tumblr.com] has been capturing images of the new Swoon pieces going up in the Crescent City. Judging by the designs she has big plans for the city, oh right, she's planning an art house [http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/11/street_arti
Interview
One of the figures behind Space Slave Trade, Seychelle Allah discusses his brand of afrofuturism that layers the visual culture around him into a world in which the aggregate plays an important role. Allah’s relationship with social media has been complex. Space Slave Trade, named after a friend's b
Art
I highly recommend you watch all four parts of this recent BBC documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei — Without Fear or Favor. It is fantastic and informative. Ai is one of the most important artists in the world today. If you don’t know who he is or
News
Yesterday, PBS talk show host, Charlie Rose, interviewed musician Jay-Z at the Brooklyn Museum. The hip hop star is promoting his new book, Decoded, which, in addition to telling his personal story and decoding his lyric, includes unconventional typography, line drawings, and photographs, which acco