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Hrag Vartanian
Podcast
Marilyn Minter and Xaviera Simmons Talk Art, Sex, and Democracy
"Sometimes I say I make pictures of things that don't exist but everyone knows they're there."
Art
Printing Two Perspectives on Indigenous Lives
In his new series, Brian Jungen explores how the Canadian media have told the stories of First Nations people.
News
LGBTQ Activists Attacked by Trump Supporters While Leaving NYC Art Space
A group of people leaving the closing party of Decolonize This Place at the Tribeca nonprofit Artists Space were attacked by men who identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump.
Art
Required Reading
This week, bad but effective design, Time magazine's "subversive" cover, a good bad review of the Trump Grill, the alt-right targeting of left-wing art spaces, and more.
News
#DecolonizeThisPlace Pens an Open Letter to the Incoming Director of Artists Space
An open letter to the new director of Artists Space from the people involved in the Decolonize This Place residency.
Opinion
Should the Art World Strike on Inauguration Day?
Will the art world in the US close down on Inauguration Day? What will that mean? #J20
In Brief
McDonald's Daring Homage to Contemporary Art
When you see art in everything.
News
Over 120 Protesters Ask Artis Nonprofit to Clarify "Organization’s Position by Signing onto BDS"
Protesters marched to the offices of Artis, a New York-based arts nonprofit that organizes trips for arts professionals to Israel, demanding the group demonstrate they're not part of a larger movement to normalize the occupation of Palestinian lands.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a house with moving walls, Dread Scott on flag burning, helping artists with illegal warehouse spaces, theorist Jacques Derrida just didn't get Seinfeld, and more.
Podcast
“Artists, Like Actors, Can’t Develop in Public”: A Conversation with Mega-collector Don Rubell
"I have a flawed gene. I have a collector's gene."
In Brief
British MP Thinks the 2016 Turner Prize Winner Doesn't Measure Up to the Victorians
The former British Education Secretary thinks the new Turner Prize winner isn't as great as the prize's namesake.