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Walmart Goes After Photographer's Widow
If you needed another reason to wonder why Walmart might be one of the world's most evil companies, then the recent story pitting the retail giant against a family of photographers may fit the bill.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Interview
A New Street Art and Graffiti Museum in New Jersey?
This week, Jersey City's Mana Contemporary made the surprise announcement that they will be creating a street art and graffiti museum in a 100,000-square-foot former ice factory near the Holland Tunnel entrance.
Art
Art Rx
This week, you can discover the family history of a Goya masterpiece at the Metropolitan Museum, listen to the creator of the House of Cards TV series talk about politics, or snag a wonderful work of art at WagMag's benefit. And remember that this week is your last chance to see the wonderful Maria
Art
A Look at Nick Cave's Stunningly Colorful Show at Jack Shainman's New School
KINDERHOOK, NY — If Jack Shainman wanted to make a splash in upstate New York with his new space The School, then he achieved that goal, as last Saturday's opening brought roughly 800 locals and art worlders together in a transformed schoolhouse in the town of 8,500.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, damaged Rothko back on view at the Tate, Latin American art in US museums, documentary photographer and the anger of their subjects, Istanbul's disastrous new protest space, Hiroshi Sugimoto in Paris, stereotyping the "other" on book covers, and more.
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.
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.
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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