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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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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
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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.
Art
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This week, the full story behind the closing of the Marciano Art Foundation, the LA County Museum of Art's debt issues, colonialism and Parasite, a Hieronymus Bosch parade, and more.
Art
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This week, a new Banksy, LACMA is in bad shape, watch the Oscar-winning short animation film, Zadie Smith on Kara Walker, and more.
Art
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In this week's Twitter-heavy edition, the world's second largest diamond, reviewing American Dirt, gentrification and the Istanbul Biennial, Twitterstorians, emoji RIPs, and more.
Art
New US Space Force Logo Looks a Lot Like Star Trek's Starfleet Logo
The new logo seems to appeal to kids who want to grow up and join the fictional Starfleet Academy.
Interview
As Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins, Reconsidering the Watergate Courtroom Sketches
These drawings by Freda Reiter captured the impeachment drama of Richard Nixon over 40 years ago.
Art
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This week, a Mercedes inspired by the film Avatar, the psychosexual dimensions of Slave Play, Instagram censorship, the dance that revolutionized ballet, the anti-imperialist history of the untucked shirt, and more.
Art
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This week, Uber and Hyundai create a new air taxi prototype, an unlikely figure helped make the Met Museum more democratic, another look at Leonardo's role in "Salvator Mundi," a list of Black artists and writers in Appalachia, and more.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.