Podcast
Our Obsession With Less and Its Co-option by Silicon Valley
Kyle Chayka’s new book, The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism, probes the corporate world’s love of minimalist design and what it might mean.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Sunday Edition, Minimalisms: ⬜ From Daitokuji to Normie Modernism ⬛
This week, we explore the notion that less is more as Minimalisms, yes, plural, is the focus of this Sunday Edition. While most people may associate the term “Minimalism” to the modern art movement that originated in 1960s New York, the history of the design tendency for less is more
Art
Photographs From the George Floyd Protests Show Minneapolis in Mourning
The killing of another Black man, George Floyd, in one of the largest cities in the US has ignited protests across the country. The site of his murder has become a makeshift memorial site for his grieving community.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a mural for George Floyd, chilling images of a CNN reporter's arrest, anti-racism resources for white people, Trump's ghost writer, Barry Schwabsky on Hal Foster, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the world’s largest anamorphic illusion, the story behind Rosie the Riveter, not Didion's California, and much more.
Podcast
How the US Is Treating the Arts During the Pandemic, the #CancelRent Movement, and More
Hyperallergic’s news team discusses the biggest art-related stories of the last few weeks of the pandemic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, LaWhore Vagistan talks about being an auntie, art dealer Larry Gagosian speaks from his quarantine in the Hamptons, how blackness became a legal identity, the rise of conspiracy theories, and more.
Podcast
Art Critic John Yau Talks About Four Decades of Writing in New York
The words of John Yau continue to be read by those who want to know what is going on in contemporary art in New York and beyond.
Art
Required Reading
This week, fantastic knitted masks, immunoprivilege, Juilliard's socially distanced rendition of "Bolero," Axl Rose and Steve Mnuchin on Twitter, and lots more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, why we love writers' homes, reviewing Jerry Saltz's new book, why are there no photos of people dying of COVID-19, a missing piece of the Venus de Milo, and more.
Opinion
Barbie’s Back, as Basquiat?
The latest from Mattel suggests another 20th-century artist has become just a recognizable style easily packaged for kids.
Podcast
How Are the Arts in LA, the US Southwest, and Beyond Weathering the Pandemic?
News about new museum layoffs and other problems, art galleries closures, and the cancellation of the Indian Market in Santa Fe are all part of this week's episode.