Art
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This week, NASA lands on Mars, retiring the Group of Seven, the Pentagon's algorithm-driven weapons, the life of Stan Lee, Stonehenge's Welsh origins, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a newly uncovered Aztec sculpture, hi-res images of the Raphael Cartoons and the Bayeux Tapestry, COVID in Yemen, comedy's alt-right problem, and more.
News
Classical Snow Sculptures Storm Astoria Park
Unsatisfied with Netflix like most of us, artists Melissa Vadakara and Marios Tzavellas decided the neighborhood needed a “symbolic protector.”
Podcast
MoMA’s Leon Black Problem and Cuban Artists Under Siege
Hyperallergic’s news team gets together to go over the highlights of our coverage from the past week.
Art
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This week, how to reform political reporting, the most 2021 rejection ever, how gaming informs QAnon, and more.
Art
Who Should Create Trump’s Doomed Presidential Portrait?
Hyperallergic has a few suggestions.
Film
A Loving Tribute to the Egg Cream, New York's Classic Drink
The short film Egg Cream explores the history of the Downtown Jewish concoction.
Art
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* Earlier this month Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein wrote about the creative class and how eulogies may be premature: While this system produces culture, no one is paid enough, and the rent climbs ever upward. I once worked an art fair with a kindly but grizzled art handler who told me that he’
Podcast
The Biggest Art Stories of the Month, From Bernie Memes to the Vessel Shutdown
There’s been a lot of news recently, so Hyperallergic’s news team discusses some of the big art stories of the month in this episode.
Film
When UK Punk Rock Fought White Supremacy
In chronicling the Rock Against Racism movement of the '70s, White Riot sounds a warning for our own times.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Dennis Cooper, white savior cinema, the maker of Bernie's mittens, a decolonial Qur’an, Ishmael Reed, and more.
News
The Story of the Scorched Melania Trump Sculpture in Slovenia
This peculiar monument to the worst FLOTUS in recent memory is rather fitting.