Art
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This week, cultural heritage" and how it benefits the powerful, the Peter Max mess, Naomi Wolf's "death recorded" mess, the power of nouns, gentrifying Mt. Everest, meme wars, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
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This week, Kehinde Wiley creates dignified portraits of Tahiti’s Māhū community, how Sackler became the most toxic name in philanthropy, real-life Bambi, and more.
Art
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This week, emoji chocolate, museums and toxic money, Eli Valley on drawing dystopia, bingeing on Game of Thrones, and more.
Podcast
Michael Rakowitz Discusses Withdrawing from the 2019 Whitney Biennial, and His Leonard Cohen Problem
The artist shares his thoughts on museums, power, art, and ideology.
News
Forensic Architecture's Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes
The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
Art
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This week, the Venice Biennale opens, the end of the American century, fashion for disabled individuals, the art of Devan Shimoyama, and more.
Art
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This week, treehouses as starter homes, Amy Sherald on fame, photography's role in ending slavery, autism and literary studies, stolen ruby slippers, and more.
Art
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This week, Grindr's influence on queer cinema, the prison abolitionist movement, authenticating Minimalist art, the collapse of the humanities, and more.
Art
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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
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This week, unzipped architecture in Milano, photographer Lana H. Haroun speaks, white supremacy and Viking history, the Classics and Biblical Studies divide, and more.