Art
Mark Fell's Wall of Utopian Sound
It's hard to explain the cultural power of house music in the late 1980s and early 1990s for those who weren't there.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Instagrams from Frieze Week
We've been having a lot of fun with our Instagram feed, and over the last week we gave followers a firsthand look at the art fairs and events in New York during Frieze Week.
Art
Art Rx
You might be art'd out but that's why we've include a park, a Gowanus exhibition, an elevator-sized museum, and music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (among other things) to give you a post-art fair buzz.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Peggy Guggenheim troubles, bell hooks on Beyoncé, Marianne Boesky on art, an unknown genius of Art Deco, lack of diversity at the National Gallery of Art, ruining Thomas Kinkade, and more.
Art
NADA New York Does It Better Than Ever
After a rather dull Frieze New York art fair, it was refreshing to see that NADA New York continues to improve while refraining from charging its visitors with a hefty entrance fee.
Art
What Does Kara Walker's Sugary Sphinx Tell Us?
One of the season's most anticipated art events will finally open to the public tomorrow. Kara Walker's "A Subtlety," aka the "Marvelous Sugar Baby," is the renowned artist's first public artwork.
News
Art and Tech Nonprofit Eyebeam Announces 3-Year Move to Industry City, New Fellows
Leading arts and tech nonprofit Eyebeam has announced plans to move into a space in Brooklyn's Industry City for roughly three years before relocating to an as-yet unbuilt space in downtown Brooklyn. The organization has also announced the recipients of its new two-year 2014/2015 Eyebeam Fellowships
News
A "Priceless Piece of Cambodia's Cultural History" Has Been Returned After 40 Years
This week, we learned that two important Cambodian sandstone sculptures from the 10th century — one in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, and the other seized from Sotheby's New York in 2012 — will be returned to the Kingdom of Cambodia after being looted in the 1970s
Guide
Art Rx: Your Concise Guide to Frieze NY Art Week
Art fair fever is about to hit NYC (again) and this year's Frieze New York Art Week promises to be the biggest yet.
News
4 Long Island City Art Institutions Launch Free Shuttle Bus
It's no secret that Long Island City art institutions have long had problems drumming up foot traffic to their spaces in western Queens, but four of them have joined forces because they believe a shuttle bus may just help.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the secret of the pyramids, morality of architects, bell hooks on Sheryl Sandberg's "faux feminism," photographing "whiteness," Whitney Biennial on Charlie Rose, and more.
Art
The Next Best Thing: Photos from The Lost Lectures NY
Last Friday's The Lost Lectures New York was an overwhelming success in our book.