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US Museums Acquire Nine Works by Robert Rauschenberg
Nine major works by Pop Art legend Robert Rauschenberg entered the collections of six major museums in the United States this month.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Art Rx
On the short list for the week is a big show of Cuban-American art in the Bronx, a screening of cinematic classic Requiem for a Dream, and your last chance to see the retrospective of one of the greatest comic artists of our time.
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Required Reading
This week, the web turned 25, the art world is infatuated with a new person, photographers in Hungary are concerned, Sylvain Chomet does The Simpsons, writing tips, the economics of the sex trade, and more.
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Is That an Instagram Slide Projector in Your Pocket?
It's hard not to be enamored with Projecteo, a mini-projector for your Instagram photos.
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Puke Art: First Time Comedy, Second Time … Gross?
Lady Gaga seems intent on regurgitating recent art history for something that might make a splash.
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Art Rx
Armory Week is over, and thank goodness — we all can't step inside another art fair for a while (or at least until May!). Catch your breath and go see these.
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Required Reading
This week, the state of artist studios, doxxing mania, startup slavery, Zwirner talks to Charlie Rose, fetishizing slums, where people read most, best graffiti of the week, and more.
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Armory Show 2014: Getting Better After Lackluster Years Past
This year's Armory Show may have stopped the bleeding for an art fair that has suffered from years of lackluster energy and a major blow delivered by the Frieze New York art fair, which began two years ago on a bucolic urban island and in the far warmer month of May. But no one should count out the
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The Chinese Focus at Armory
There are few hot topics in the art world like China, which along with its growing economic might is starting to flex its cultural soft power and demonstrate that it is central to any global dialogue.
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Anthony Elms on the Second Floor
Whitney Biennial curator Anthony Elms took on the nebulous meaning of "American art" most directly in his selections, but the results don't really say a lot about what it means to be American — at least not in a way that makes it distinct from Canadian, Australian, Argentinean, or some other nationa
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Stuart Comer on the Third Floor
On the third floor, 2014 Whitney Biennial curator Stuart Comer professed to "provide a kaleidoscopic glimpse of this historic moment," emphasizing work that seemed in flux and in transition from one medium to another, one state to another, or even across borders and identities.
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Michelle Grabner on the Fourth Floor
During the opening remarks for the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Chief Curator Donna de Salvo said that this year's exhibition was "one biennial with three distinct points of view," so we've decided to explore that diversity in perspectives with three separate photo essays of the Biennial — one per