Opinion
Required Reading
This week, David Bowie's style as a GIF, Sean Penn and El Chapo, wealthy artists and grants, MOCA's new permanent collection installation, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
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This week, Gramsci hates New Year's, art market bubble, advice from art dealers, remembering Ellsworth Kelly, and more.
News
The Most Popular Hyperallergic Posts of 2015
We combed our stats to discover what the most popular stories of the year, and we discovered a good mix of news, commentary, reviews, satire, and interviews. In other words, what Hyperallergic is all about.
Art
ArtRx NYC
You want to know how to finish off 2015 right? Our suggestions include a concert for peace, an experimental sound quilt, a warehouse extravaganza, fireworks in Grand Army Plaza, and maybe chill out in the new year with a silent Chaplin film program.
Opinion
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This week, origins of Etruscans, Pollock in Dallas, artists and scholars on the margins, Iran's underground, MSM's obsession with terrorism, and more.
Opinion
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This week, Calatrava's new Brazilian museum, an intergenerational dialogue in the arts, Chicago artists respond to the Laquan MacDonald video, issues with public art in New York, and more.
Opinion
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This week, being trolled by Fox News, a photograph that took 720,000 exposures to get right, Lee Miller's war photography, ISIS and looting, drones catching drones, and more.
Opinion
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This week, the rise of philanthrocaptialism, race debt in the US, how images fade in the media, Pantone's colors of the year, the Art Preservation Index, and more.
News
Woman Stabbed at Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH — There has been a stabbing in the Nova section of the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
Interview
An Artist Talks About the Trouble of Flying While Muslim in the US
Last week, Brooklyn-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed was on her way to a four-day trip in Istanbul, hoping to explore a metropolis known for its architectural marvels and history.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Miami Art Fairs
You have limited time, but you need to know where to go. Don't worry, we got you covered. Here's our take on what to expect.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, serious landscape painting, profiling the Met's Sheena Wagstaff, living in a Frank Lloyd Wright home, the first thing ever purchased on the internet, and more.