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.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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.
Art
Newly Discovered Photographs Show an Abstract Expressionist Thanksgiving
Jason Andrew of the Estate of Jack Tworkov recently uncovered a new cache of Thanksgiving photographs featuring some of the leading Abstract Expressionists.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the Statue of Liberty's Muslim origins, Martin Wong in the Bronx, CNN's objectivity lie, Jackson Pollock's prints and drawings, antiquities on eBay, why audio doesn't go viral, and more.
News
Bridge Down! Prepare for Hellish Traffic During the Miami Art Fairs
Those of you going down to Miami for the art fairs in two weeks should brace yourselves for a hellish traffic nightmare
Opinion
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This week, Paris > Beirut, Goya's portraits, robber barons and looting, street art and gentrification, and more.
Opinion
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This week, glorious space photos, Ben Carson's Jesus kitsch, rich people trying to get a tax write-off, the Whitney Museum's original sin, Jeff Wall's insecurities, and more.
In Brief
US Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Bizarrely Believes Egyptian Pyramids Were Grain Silos
The Presidential race isn't exactly a showcase of the best and brightest in US society, but Republican candidate Ben Carson hit a new intellectual low with his claim that the ancient pyramids of Egypt were used to store grain.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the origins of color, what art museums today should look like, a guide to feminist cybersecurity, a tax safe haven for selfish art collectors, emoticons as court evidence, and more.
Art
A Maze in Philadelphia Focuses Attention on the Hidden Cruelty of US Prisons
The US prison system is one of the world's great shames.