Opinion
A Response to the Call to Boycott Israel
Last month, the following letter was sent to artist Mel Chin by New York–based curator Manon Slome.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
News
Anish Kapoor's Versailles Sculpture Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Slurs
Anish Kapoor’s "Dirty Corner" (2011–15) sculpture in the gardens of Palace of Versailles has been vandalized again but this time with offensive words, including anti-Semitic slurs.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Wim Wenders and reactionary sentimentalism, the importance of Palmyra, when civilization started to discriminate against women, the power of images, African Americans and appropriation, and more.
Art
Why Don't More Americans Go to Museums?
In the past we may have turned to pollsters or psychics, while today we turn to Twitter to look at the hive mind and discover why.
News
Did Cooper Union Just Get a Second Chance?
They said it couldn't be done, but today's announcement by the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) suggests that the turmoil that has engulfed the beloved Manhattan university may be coming to an end.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a Spanish town replaces a prehistoric tomb with a picnic table, Cossacks destroy a Mephistopheles sculpture, San Francisco sues a graffiti writer, and more.
Interview
Two Artists Confront the Politics and Prejudice of Mourning in Israel
Earlier this month, artist Romy Achituv and writer Illana Sichel responded to the recent bouts of violence against Jewish Israelis and West Bank Palestinians with a poster project that uses a stark Israeli graphic language of mourning.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, college and the market, foundations funding inequality, MoMA by the numbers, 1-star Yelp reviews of US national parks, and more.
In Brief
The Tyranny of the Instagram Square Is Over!
Instagram has broken its self-imposed mold and is now allowing users to bypass the square photo format in favor of landscape and portrait-oriented images.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, a profile of the family benefiting from a wealthy San Francisco art school, new science fiction about climate change, a shamed Getty curator tells her story, Belize's art revolution, a pomo architecture hater, and more.
News
Banksy’s New Apocalyptic Theme Park Is Designed to Disappoint
Today, it was officially announced that British artist Banksy has constructed a dystopian riff on Disneyland in a derelict seaside resort in Weston-super-Mare, England.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the death of the US dance critic, Black Lives Matter at the Venice Biennale, James Baldwin's FBI file, "Happy Birthday"'s copyright shenanigans, and more.