Opinion
Better Than Performance Art
On Wednesday, artist Jayson Musson tweeted "lol this performance art scene in She's All That is better than real performance art," and his 84 characters opened the flood gates of memory for me.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: National Museum of Iraq reopens with renovated galleries, embattled Cai Guo-Qiang tortoises head to secret southern climes, recently discovered Phoenician shipwreck may be Mediterranean's oldest, and more.
Opinion
Taylor Swift as Microcosm for the Art World
Do you ever feel like the art world is sort of like high school, or life at a small liberal arts college? Or maybe just a blowout party you're not actually sure you were invited to, but you decided to show up anyway?
Opinion
Welcome to Videodrome
Every year, Hyperallergic pays tribute to David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983), the classic sci-fi thriller, with a 12-hour journey through videos we discover littering the internet.
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São Paulo Biennial Participants Demand Organizers Return Israel Funding (Updated)
Artists participating in the 31st São Paulo Biennial have signed an open letter calling on the organizers to return sponsorship funds accepted from the Israeli state, Hyperallergic has learned.
Art
Artists Battle Transphobia in Argentina
It's been two years since a legal battle was won, yet trans and non-binary people in Argentina remain vulnerable to different forms of violence.
Art
Photographs from Life in the Tombs of Cairo's City of the Dead
For decades, an affordable housing shortage in Cairo, one of the largest cities in the world, has resulted in hundreds of families moving into the cemeteries. Photojournalist Tamara Abdul Hadi went into one such community to document what life is like among the dead.
Art
A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness
“The world is flat.” So declared New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in 2005. And before the world was flat, it was round, and before that it was flat. And the picture plane was flat too.
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Win an Online Class in Linear Perspective with Craftsy
In his online Craftsy class, The Art & Science of Perspective, artist and architectural illustrator Jeff DiCicco helps students unlock the ability to depict scenes as they appear in the world around us.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NTk4NTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjEzODE1MywiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo0MjA
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11th-Hour Appraisal Imperils Detroit Institute of Arts "Grand Bargain"
A recent appraisal commissioned by Art Capital Group claims that the Detroit Institute of Arts collection is worth significantly more than previously found by both Christie's and Artvest Partners, the two firms that had previously evaluated the collection in connection with the city of Detroit's ban
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Two Imposing Maya Cities Uncovered in Southern Mexico
Last week, the research center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts announced that an archaeological expedition led by Ivan Sprajc has uncovered the remains of two Maya cities, Lagunita and Tamchen.
Comics
Soon Everyone Will Be Talking About Color
Goodbye summer. And hello peepers.