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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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.
Hyperallergic
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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