Opinion
Museum of the Bible Has Jumped the Ark
Do we really have to explain to the CEO of the Museum of the Bible that archaeologists didn’t find the rock that killed Goliath?
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
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This week, a mirrored house in the Swiss Alps, California’s obsession with health, the Trump wall’s debt to Minimalism, Berlin’s Arab intellectual community, rain drama in LA, and more.
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This week, a paradise of glass, Edward Burne-Jones, thinking critically about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ketchup caviar, and more.
Podcast
Discussing the Sculptures of Richard Serra with Hal Foster
A new book of conversations between the noted artist and art historian captures a complex body of work that continues to challenge the conventions of sculpture.
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This week, a cartoonish Vegas wedding chapel, the ancient DNA trap, the first photo book, explaining “cultural mulatto,” and more.
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This week, Hollywood's caravan problem, death of consensus, cooking ancient Hittite food, seniors and fake news, the High Line's problem, and more.
Podcast
The Political Life of Memes with An Xiao Mina
Memes are increasingly part of protest movements, but how do we understand their role and purpose? A new book helps us figure it out.
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This week, the first-ever photographs of the dark side of the moon taken from the surface of the natural satellite, athletes and their tattoos are becoming a problem for video games, eating in the Stone Age, Trump as an evangelical Cyrus the Great, and more.
In Brief
Happy Public Domain Day! Marcel Duchamp's “Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors…” Is Now Copyright-Free
This year, public domain advocates in the United States have a lot to celebrate.
In Brief
Happy Public Domain Day! Marcel Duchamp's “Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors…” Is Now Copyright-Free
This year, public domain advocates in the United States have a lot to celebrate.
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This week, Eau de Nil, the fake internet, a right-winger’s freakout over a new museum director, reviewing new books about Islam, Scottish coorie, and more.
News
Decolonize This Place Announces January 26 Town Hall Regarding Whitney Museum’s Tear Gas Problem
The group’s recent letter calls for continued action, adding “Inaction with respect to the art-washing industrial complex of contemporary art makes our field complicit with death, disaster, and destruction.”