Opinion
Required Reading
This week, museums of the mind, Google captured in photos, a leaked document by Manifesta 10 curator Kasper König, 30 years of cell phone design, Sonny Rollins spoof goes wrong, online curators, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Reading the Streets of Beirut
There are few places I love in this world as much as Beirut.
Art
ArtRx LA: Summer Day Trips
This week, we're all about summer day getaways. That perfect trip that will change your perspective and mood, while exposing you to something out of the ordinary.
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ArtRx NYC: Summer Day Trips
This week, we invite you to leave the city and explore the world outside NYC.
Opinion
4Chan Circlejerk Goes to eBay, Anonymous Screenshot 'Sells' for $90K
Whether or not you consider the 4Chan post that recently sold for $90,900 art or not, it has certainly become the latest source of frenzy over the limits of commodification — or was it just a major troll on the click-hungry media?
Opinion
New Abu Dhabi Museum Island Report Paints Troubling Picture for Workers
Artist Molly Crabapple has just published an extensive report on the conditions on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island, where franchises of the Louvre of the Guggenheim museums will open in the coming years.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, auction houses stalking new buyers, Frick Museum controversies, objections to Norman Rockwell's new biography, the impact of deskilling on arts education, should musicians play Tel Aviv, and more?
In Brief
Brooklyn Museum Goes Free for Those Under 20
Starting September 3, the Brooklyn Museum will be free for visitors under 20.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week, there are a couple of new exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an intimate dance performance that runs through the month, and more.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, Marcel Duchamp lands at Gagosian, a Syrian family's dinner table is the subject of an exhibition, art book shops are making deals, Flux Factory is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and more.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, defining "public," the Mona Lisa of digital art, the most modern curator, Baffler online, white flags over Brooklyn, the Chinese role in WWI, Americans eligible for Man Booker prize for the first time, and more.
Art
The Real Life Politics of Palestinian Art in New York
Last night's opening of Khaled Jarrar's two-part exhibition No Exit at Whitebox Art Center and the related 10 Days, 10 Ideas workshops at Undercurrent Projects was a window into the art world realities facing Palestinian artists in the midst of the escalating violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and Isr