Art
Required Reading
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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
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.
News
Trump Threatens War Crimes on Iran in New Tweet About Cultural Sites
After the assassination of Iranian major general Soleimani, a new tweet by the US President suggests more ominous actions on the horizon.
Art
Required Reading
This week, art's role in the creation of Asian American identity, the best and worst of graphic identities in 2019, gentrification and how it dehumanizes us, directory of culturally specific US museums created by people of color, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the meme of the decade, historical accuracy and the 1619 Project, how not to discuss African fiction, considering the Black interior art, Chinese restaurants are closing in the US, and more.
Podcast
Hyperallergic Picks Their Favorite Holiday Movie Classics
Film editor Dan Schindel joins Editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian to discuss why we love holiday films, and other Hyperallergic staff share their faves.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Peter Schjeldahl is dying, a new Jordan Casteel mural, decolonizing a colonial museum, a guide to emoji punctuation, monoculture on the internet, Baby Yoda cookies and cocktails, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Williamsburg goes BIG, Bette Midler's museum tweet, US politicians and food, how the British damaged the Parthenon marbles, the longest walk on earth, and more.
Podcast
Zoë Buckman Is No One's Punching Bag
Her art pulls no punches about the impact of sexual violence, and critic Seph Rodney sits down with the artist to discuss her work.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the problem with Superchief, reviewing Calgary's new Central Library, Judith Butler's performative gripe, a map of New York City's endangered languages, best museums of 2019, and more.
News
Kusama Balloon Grounded at Macy's Parade Because of Weather
After much fanfare, visitors to this year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade noticed one artist-designed balloon didn't make it through the streets of Manhattan. Yayoi Kusama's sun-like red balloon was grounded because of weather conditions. Read the whole story here.