Art
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This week, MVRDV's stunning Tianjin Binhai Library, cybercrime in galleries, a history of protest posters, the nationalist critics of the Taj Mahal, and much more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Over 1,800 Artists and Art Workers Sign Letter Against Sexual Harassment [UPDATE 2]
The public letter criticizes "an art world that upholds inherited power structures at the cost of ethical behavior."
Art
Required Reading
This week, an underground restaurant, political lives of medieval manuscripts, the need to claim (physical) QTBIPoC spaces, Harold Pinter's catty side, and more.
Interview
Curator Nato Thompson on Politics and the State of Social Practice Art
The moderator of an upcoming conversation on art and dissent at the Hirshhorn Museum, Thompson talks about the changing art world.
Art
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This week, people who match art, landscape architects and mass shootings, Henry David Thoreau's two-million-word journal, tabloid art history, and more.
News
Artist Omer Fast Compares Protesters to Alt-Right, Chinatown Art Brigade Responds
The artist released a statement after Sunday's protests, and the protesters have responded.
Art
An Artist’s Powerful Letter on Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
Yasmín Hernández lives in Puerto Rico, and instead of attending a panel discussion at El Museo del Barrio in New York last week she sent this letter outlining the realities of post-hurricane life for an artist.
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Chinatown Art Brigade Protests Omer Fast's "Racist" Exhibition at James Cohan Gallery
Dozens of people interrupted James Cohan Gallery's Sunday hours to demand that the gallery and artist take down what the protesters see as "racist aggression towards the community of Chinatown."
Art
Required Reading
This week, Eero Saarinen in Michigan, rare Tiffany glass in LA, the biggest question artists face today, LGBTQ history of St. Louis, Eminem takes down President Trump in rap, and more.
In Brief
Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Chosen to Paint Official Obama Portraits for the Smithsonian
Next year the portraits of the Obamas will enter the collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and judging by the choice of artists they're sure to be impressive.
Art
Adrian Paci Shows Us How We Mourn the Death of Dictators
A meditation on the theater of state funerals for dictators, artist Adrian Paci removes the focus on grief to focus on the mourners.
News
Last Leonardo Painting in Private Hands Is Going to Auction for $100M+
Here's your chance to get a work by the Italian Renaissance master in what may be one of the ultimate art trophies for the super wealthy.