Art
The Secret Is Out! Amanda Lepore Joins Friday's The Lost Lectures in New York
Announcing the sixth and final speaker for Friday night's The Lost Lectures event in New York: Amanda Lepore!
Hrag Vartanian
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Art Rx
This is going to be one of Hyperallergic's biggest week's yet. Our large Lost Lectures event on Friday is going to feature a video program — which we announced yesterday — and a special guest — we plan to announce today.
Art
Video Program for Lost Lectures Features Rico Gatson, Chelsea Knight, Serkan Özkaya, Zefrey Throwell, and Saya Woolfalk
This Friday's inaugural Lost Lectures event in New York will feature not only an impressive lineup of performers and speakers, but a video program that will play throughout the evening on a large screen.
Opinion
Your Graffiti "Looks Like Shit," a Historic Letter to Alicia McCarthy
The artists of the so-called Mission School, that indie-inspired band of DIY artists centered around the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in the 1990s, are getting their moment in the New York sun with Grey Art Gallery's Energy That Is All Around exhibition.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, photography's bias towards dark skin, the world's tallest building rises, the earliest emoticon, Zorthian Ranch, Noah's lack of black people, a novella based on Edward Hopper, the paintings of Bob Ross by the stats, and more.
News
The Onion Skewers George W. Bush, the Painter
Yes, the world's favorite satirical site went there, and their latest video takes aim at former US President George W. Bush's latest hobby, painting.
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Art Rx
I love New York, and this is one of those weeks that proves to me exactly why.
Interview
Just in Time for Passover: 6 Questions for Met Museum Curators About Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts
Two medieval Hebrew manuscripts have gone on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to coincide with the beginning of Passover (sundown today, Monday, April 14).
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, how to protect your passwords online, ignorance is bliss, the Jesus Wife Papyrus is not fake, 8 million flower petals in Costa Rica, Minimalism redux, million-dollar painting trashed, Bush paintings' lazy sourcing, Koons on inflatables, and more.
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Art Rx
This week, we're offering a full menu of NYC events just to prove that if you don't know what to do in this city then you're just not looking.
Opinion
Comic Sans Gets a Makeover, and You Can Download It Free
Well, lovers of Comic Sans rejoice!
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the Bechdel test's impact on movie revenue, the 17-year-old who slept with Ginsburg and Burroughs, Sotheby's redesign, internet as propaganda tool, LACMA and Tinder, and more.