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Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a world expert on grief, drone innovations in the time of quarantine, Terrence McNally's fascinating life, how to properly wash your hands, and more.
Podcast
From Rome to NYC, Audio Dispatches on COVID-19 and the Arts
Advocating for museums, songs from the pandemic, and other topics are the focus of this special podcast series about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the arts.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the world's smallest dinosaur was discovered in a chunk of amber in Myanmar, what should museums do, reviewing the Getty Villa reinstallation, and lots of Coronavirus-related links.
Community
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Paris, Oregon, California, Maryland, and South Carolina.
Opinion
Dire Forecast From Metropolitan Museum Suggests Closure Until July
The president of the American Alliance of Museums tells the New York Times, “This situation is by far more dire than anything I have experienced in my 25 years of being an arts finance professional.”
Podcast
What's the Impact of COVID-19 on the Art Community?
Three Hyperallergic staff members discuss the pandemic and its impact on arts institutions of all types.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the new tennis pavilion at the White House, how Trump was meme'd into existence, plagues in Ancient Greece, COVID-19 takes, Myanmar's missing ruby, and more.
Podcast
Connecting Museums, Modern Art, Colonialism, and Violence
What role do art institutions play in inequality? Ariella Azoulay's new book suggests the relationship is not as indirect as many may think.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kara Walker's new Obama painting, the truth about photography, why many diseases appear to originate in China, a new anti-Chinese symbol appears in Australia, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Ai Weiwei in Minneapolis, how museums can help people understand pandemics, what 'politically correct art' means, being a rich writer, how much animals sleep, and more.
Podcast
What Artists Need to Know About US Taxes
Artist and tax specialist Hannah Cole shares her knowledge to help artists of all types get the breaks they deserve.