Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
In Brief
Last night The Simpsons joined in with a two-second tribute that cast the family's eternal baby, Maggie, in the a hybrid role that combined Marianne, the national symbol of the French Republic, and Cosette from Les Misérables.
Opinion
This week, the fallout from the Charlie Hebdo massacre dominated the news, while artist Tania Bruguera talks about her detention in Cuba, questions are raised about John Elderfield's conflict of interest, and more.
News
Artists and designers around the world are offering their visual tributes to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and we've collected some of the most poignant.
Art
This week, museum maps, feminism in World of Warcraft, the psychology of art, 1970s photographic experiments, alienation in contemporary life, and other events mark the art lover's guide to New York.
Opinion
This week, photographing the oldest trees on earth, considering Cuban freedom, gay tours of the Vatican, the art world's patron "Satan," death of the artist (again), making the internet more global, autotuning John Cage, and more.
Opinion
The art world did it first.
Opinion
This week, New York's creative soul, social media sell-out, KFC in Japan, bad architecture, dressing the same around the world, web 3.0, and more.
Art
It's Christmas this week, so our suggestions include a Christmas Day visit to the Jewish Museum, a midnight screening of The Shining, a children's storytime at the Morgan, a show of 1970s and '80s NYC art ephemera, and much more.
Opinion
This week, Santa's Chinese elves, 200 journalists in prison, troll hunters, inequality and Uber, top selfie searches, art bros, and more.
Art
For the last four decades, artist Huguette Caland has largely languished in obscurity.
Art
This week, Skowhegan, Flux Factory, Thomas Struth, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Reuven Israel, and much much more.
Opinion
This week, JR's eyes in #BlackLivesMatter protest, Republicans and torture, museums and big data, saving Wikipedia, the meaning of graffiti in ancient Rome, and more.