Art
Required Reading
This week, Shepard Fairey's Inauguration graphics, defeating gerrymandering, artists at Standing Rock, swarm technology in the US military, ACT UP vs. Trump, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
News
CalArts Students Prepare to Walk Out During #J20 Strike
Students at one of the country's leading art schools have organized a walkout to coincide with Inauguration Day.
Art
Skewering Trump by Any Memes Necessary
People are dealing with the new realities of Trumplandia through memes because they help us laugh. Did someone say #goldenshowers?
In Brief
Philip Johnson Chapel Vandalized in Dallas
A Philip Johnson-designed chapel in Dallas was vandalized after the pastor spoke on a local conservative talk show.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the death of the newspaper arts critic, an interview with Lorna Simpson, good things that happened in 2016, populism in Trumplandia, and more.
Podcast
Egyptian Surrealism and the Quest to Define Modern Art in Egypt
Hyperallergic travels to Cairo to see one among a new wave of exhibitions that are reintroducing Egyptian modern art to a wider audience.
News
Saint Louis Art Museum Criticized for Loaning Painting to Trump Inaugural Luncheon
Two St. Louisans want to stop the loan of George Caleb Bingham's painting "Verdict of the People" for Donald Trump's inaugural luncheon.
News
John Berger, Who Helped the World to See, Dies at 90
The author of Ways of Seeing had a profound impact on generations of artists, critics, historians, curators, and art lovers.
Art
Required Reading
This week, new public art is unveiled with New York's new Second Avenue subway, the end of humanism, the US media's problem with fascism, the gentrification cycle, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, new public art is unveiled with New York's new Second Avenue subway, the end of humanism, the US media's problem with fascism, the gentrification cycle, and more.
Art
When Two Drunk Artists Fought in the 18th Century
What could be more absurd than two artists fighting over the personification of temperance?
Art
Required Reading
This week, feathered dinosaur tails, the word of the year, the world's first solar panel road, selling art by Instagram, and more.