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This week, the obit of Jesus, white male pathology, Giorgione, Thelma Golden, RuPaul, crowdsourcing a name, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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This week, the failure of OWS, Instagram's impact on photography, the dominant aesthetic of the last decade, populist art from the Syrian civil war, Emily Dickinson as radical, and more.
In Brief
TSA Confronts Age-old Question: Bomb or Abstract Art?
Today, TSA Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein tweeted a photo of an object the organization's staff encountered at New York's JFK Airport.
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This week, the oldest photo of New York, galleries and museums and money, troubles at the Picasso estate, first dates for conceptual artists, and more.
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This week, Eli Broad and LA charter schools, Calatrava's new Manhattan boondoggle, selfie politics, Umberto Eco and Donald Trump, and more.
Art
The Metropolitan Museum Is Still Very Eurocentric and Conservative
If you thought the Eurocentric gods may have been toppled from their comfortable perches at the top of Mt. Met, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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This week, the whiteness of power in the US, Minnesota's racist State Capitol paintings, black women and the Oscars, poet Eileen Myles defends Hillary Clinton, does eastern Congo need an art gallery, and more.
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This week, Paul Allen's art collection, Robert Caro talks, copyediting Donald Trump, critics of color in February, and more.
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This week, MoMA's museum guard dog, Damien Hirst does Queen Elizabeth II, Philadelphia's hidden graff corridor, a profile of Daniel Clowes, Pee-Wee Herman talks about his art influences, and more.
Art
Plastic Bongs, Chinese Mini-Zines, and Endless Labors of Love at the LA Art Book Fair
The fair is a cornucopia of art-world rarities, oddities, and editioned experiments at every turn.
Opinion
In Defense of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement
Opposing the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement takes away the only effective nonviolent leverage that Palestinian society currently has.
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This week, 100 jokes that shaped modern comedy, the information of critic Lawrence Alloway, critics of China are not safe, giant dancing bears on Twitter, and more.