Art
Required Reading
This week, Grindr's influence on queer cinema, the prison abolitionist movement, authenticating Minimalist art, the collapse of the humanities, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the beautiful new Green New Deal video, Edward Gorey's life as art, a really bad review of DC's Tintoretto exhibition, a David Lynch cameo, and more.
Podcast
What Should Artists Do With Their Work After They Die?
I talk to two artist estate experts who share their thoughts on what needs to be done when an artist dies.
Podcast
Tapping into the Art World's Potential to Make Us Feel Empowered
Hyperallergic spoke with the founders of Art World Conference about the changing currents of the art community and their own visions for a more empowered art world.
Art
Required Reading
This week, unzipped architecture in Milano, photographer Lana H. Haroun speaks, white supremacy and Viking history, the Classics and Biblical Studies divide, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a floating village in New York, the Black Space Manifesto, Greg Tate's criticism, Anish Kapoor's terrible Brexit art, and more.
Satire
A Startling Choice, Lisa Frank Is Selected for the US Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale
“She is the artist we need right now.”
Satire
Archaeologists Discover World's Oldest Break-Up Letter at Neo-Babylonian Site
A tablet discovered this year, suggests that Neo-Babylonians may have been the first to start writing break up letters.
News
An Artist Works to Break Down the Walls Between a College and Its Community
What does it mean for an artist to be invited into an institution of higher learning to engage in conversations about safety, community, and change?
Art
Required Reading
This week, choosing ethics over aesthetics, Barnett Newman paintings in Amsterdam, shocking immigrant detention photos, Presidential logos, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a newly authenticated van Gogh, critics hate Thomas Heatherwick's "Vessel," US soft power and the literary avant-garde, National Museum of the American Indian's magazine is available for free online, and more.
Podcast
A Museum Hires a Full-time Therapist
Is a museum visit just what the doctor ordered? In Montreal, medical professionals can prescribe you a museum visit. There's also a full-time art therapist on staff.