Art
Sum of the Arts
Self-portraits Rembrandt painted, sketched, or etched in his lifetime = 80
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Art
China's Terracotta Warriors Have a Smashing Cameo in 'Furious Seven'
The most outrageous action sequence in the new blockbuster Furious Seven ends with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker plowing a car through a platoon of clay figures that look just like China’s Terracotta Army.
Interview
Artists Pick Artists: Susan Morris
Susan Morris takes self-inventory — tracks the “I” — by actively collecting traces of herself through records of several kinds, and by several means.
Art
In the Spotlight, Harvard’s Rothkos Don’t Shine
Cambridge, Mass. — There is a story that sometimes circulates through the art world claiming the reason some of Mark Rothko’s work has faded over time is because he bought his paint at Woolworth’s Department Store.
Art
The Irresistible Pull of Takis’s Magnetic Fields
PARIS — Takis, a key post-war figure known for exploring magnetic field energy, was one of the avant-garde artists of the ‘60s that was most able to mix art with science, paving the way for all sorts of artistic directions in the ensuing decades, right up to our electro days.
In Brief
Turns Out Derrida Has Always Been Incomprehensible
Not only did Derrida do poorly on his Shakespeare essay: he also went on flunk his university entrance exams, which he had to take three times.
Art
A Historic House Opens Its Doors to the Words of Edgar Allan Poe
BALTIMORE — An immersive theater experience based on the brooding writing of Edgar Allan Poe is reopening a historic Baltimore house that has been closed for a decade.
Art
Picturing the People Inside Ebola Hazmat Suits
Late last summer, when the Ebola epidemic started spinning out of control, Mary Beth Heffernan couldn't get her mind off it.
News
The Library of Congress Is Uploading 75 Years of Poetry and Literature Recordings
Yesterday selections from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress became available to stream online for the first time.
Interview
Why Liberate Tate Joined the #WhitneyPipeline Protests
I interviewed a member of Liberate Tate as to why the group decided to take part in the #WhitneyPipeline protests and what it has accomplished in its own struggle with the Tate.
Art
I Visited the Tate (in Minecraft)
The widely beloved open world video game of Minecraft will now offer a new activity for its players to explore: interactive artworks presented by the Tate, the third installment of which was just released last week.
Poetry
"Guns on the Table" by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Rosebud Ben-Oni for his series [http://hyperallergic.com/tag/hyperallergic-poetry/] that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.