Opinion
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This week, Paris > Beirut, Goya's portraits, robber barons and looting, street art and gentrification, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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
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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.
Opinion
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This week, nonbinary people and transgender visibility, democratic architecture, Amazon is suing reviewers, the earliest use of the ellipsis symbol in English, and more.
Opinion
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This week, the secret drone war, guerrilla action in the British Museum, the unseen Michael Graves prototype in Brooklyn, the dark ages of the internet, removing tipping from restaurants, and more.
Opinion
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This week, thoughts on art school, Syrian refugees take over a Danish newspaper, the problems with the American Dream, the future of reading, and more.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, you can join us for our Decolonizing Museums discussion at Livestream, attend Brooklyn's underground performance art fest, welcome Jim Shaw to the New Museum, or listen to "genius" Nicole Eisenman talk about her work.
Opinion
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This week, gallerist Marian Goodman speaks, why "bad boy" female artists are ignored, problems with architecture in Chicago, Brian Eno on the ecology of culture, the object that came alive at the British Museum, and more.
News
Artists Nicole Eisenman and LaToya Ruby Frazier Among 2015 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners
Two prominent US artists, Nicole Eisenman and LaToya Ruby Frazier, are among the 24 winners of this year's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships, often referred to as "genius grants."
Art
Live from #ALLTHEINSTRUMENTS at the Hammer Museum, Day 2
LOS ANGELES — A new day, a new daylong program of Hammer Museum's performance concert. The liveblog continues.