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# In Case You Missed It: What Is Tumblr Art?
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/in-case-you-missed-it-what-is-tumblr-art/
- Published: 2013-03-14T13:01:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:45:34.000Z
- Description: During last Saturday's The World's First Tumblr Art Symposium, Hyperallergic intern Arianne Wack talked to the people who attended the event and asked them what they thought of when they heard Tumblr and art. Here is what she found:
- Author: Arianne Wack
- Tags: Opinion, The World's First Tumblr Art Symposium, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

![Panorama of the main gallery at "The World's First Tumblr Art Symposium" (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/03/8546319106_3d8dd2f7cb_z.jpg)

Panorama of the main gallery at “The World’s First Tumblr Art Symposium” (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)

*Editor’s Note: During last Saturday’s* [*The World’s First Tumblr Art Symposium*](https://hyperallergic.com/tumblrart/)*, Hyperallergic intern Arianne Wack talked to the people who attended the Brooklyn event and asked them what they thought of when they heard Tumblr and art. Here is her audio report:*