Opinion
What Else Could $180 Million Buy?
The record price paid for Pablo Picasso’s “‘Les femmes d’Alger (Version 'O')" (1955) made us wonder what else could $180M buy?
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Syrian Film Collective Withdraws from Venice Biennale, Claims Censorship [UPDATED]
VENICE — The Abounaddara collective has withdrawn from All the World's Futures, the 2015 Venice Biennale's central exhibition curated by Okwui Enwezor, claiming that their opening short film, "All the Syria's Futures," was "censored" by not being screened on May 5.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, sex in museums, too many Picassos, Grayson Perry's Taj Mahal, inmates designing prisons, Kim Kardashian selfie analysis, and more.
News
The Guggenheim and Protesters Both Respond to #GuggOccupied in Venice
VENICE — Friday's three-hour occupation of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice by arts and activists organizations resulted in a brief meeting between a number of protesters and members of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection staff.
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Gulf Labor and Other Arts Groups Occupy Venice's Guggenheim #GuggOccupied
VENICE — At 10:20am this morning, two boatloads of artists and activists occupied the dock landing of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (PGC) in Venice.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Venice Biennale
This year's Venice Biennale promises to be one of the most political.
Art
What Is the Role of an Intellectual During a Revolution?
ISTANBUL — Last Saturday Yassin al-Haj Saleh, one of the most vocal intellectuals of the Syrian Civil War or Revolution (depending on your perspective), attended a screening of Our Terrible Country (2014) at SALT Galata.
News
Two Killed at Muhammad Art Contest in Texas, ISIS Claiming Responsibility
Last night, two men were killed and one man was injured at the American Freedom Defense Initiative's "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in the Dallas/Forth Worth area.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Instagram's impact on art collecting, Chicago's missing Keith Haring, 50 buildings in 50 cities, privilege at art museums, the largest object in the universe, and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, a quadruple rainbow, genocide at 100, remaking Mackintosh, poetry inspired by visual art, the creator of the emoticon, the first anime, and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, swapping a run-down house and a Henry Moore sculpture, only 18% of Artforum covers have featured art by women, the mysterious world of the "sneakernet," how Imelda Marcos bought a Goya, and more.
Opinion
Should Media Be Charged for Using Citizen News Footage?
The convention has been to let media companies, particularly television channels, use newsworthy footage without paying a fee because it's in the public interest to disseminate the images.