Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Here at Hyperallergic, we've discussed — and griped about — the limited menu of emoji on smartphones but now there's word that Apple may expand the usual emoji suspects with more racial diversity to reflect a more inclusive reality. But can I suggest a few others?
Opinion
Nothing says yoga quite like a mat that looks like a $100 bill with a razor blade, broken mirror, and lines of cocaine on it.
Art
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It might be hard to imagine that only a few decades ago the conventional history of modern art was overwhelmingly Eurocentric, but when I was in college in the 1990s the realms of art history still felt geographically suffocating.
Art
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Shopping, real estate, luxury, and massive scale are the things most people expect to find in Dubai, but one thing that this city affords you that may be unexpected is perspective.
Opinion
Oh, generic, you are so meh … but what diversity of skin colors!
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News
The OWS Illuminator, that infamous visual symbol of Occupy Wall Street, joined Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction (aka G.U.L.F.) yesterday in their fight for workers's rights on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Art
This week, we're all about reaction GIFs in museums, imagining what would've been if Alejandro Jodorowsky directed Dune (whoa!), thinking about Obama's drones, Robert Heinecken's photography at MoMA, and your last chance to see a show by Chuck Close … and, needless to say, there's a lot more.
Opinion
Today, I did a deep dive into YouTube and pulled out this undigested grain from a pile of … well, you get the picture.
Art
Hey, New Yorkers, you're going to love this! Londoners and Berliners already knew about the underground Lost Lectures events, but now New Yorkers are about to get their first taste of the series that hosts enchanting talks from secret locations on the worlds of art, science, literature, music, dance
Opinion
This week, the Oxford comma debate, artists and being liked, science and bisexuality, longform on Twitter, best pizza in New York, and much much more.
Interview
Shortly after last week's incident at "Prada Marfa," Hyperallergic interviewed Joseph Magnano, aka 9271977, the man who vandalized Elmgreen & Dragset's sculpture in the Texas desert.
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic is a proud media sponsor of this year's Photographers for Friends 2014 Benefit and Auction on March 25 at the Dream Downtown in New York City, with co-chairs Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.