Opinion
The CIA and the Power of Words
Like any proper organization that produces large quantities of writing, the CIA, it turns out, has a style manual. It is an absurdly thorough, mundane yet fascinating look at the politics of language.
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Art
Remixing the Renaissance as GIFs
By now it's become a familiar trope: Photoshop or GIF something historical, say, Old Masters or old photographs. But just because it's been done doesn't mean it's been done best. And the elaborate GIFs that James Kerr makes from early Northern Renaissance paintings are a hilariously new take on the
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ISIS Destroys Historic Sites in Iraq and Syria
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been destroying the artistic and religious heritage of Iraq and Syria as they continue to impose their fundamentalist Sunni doctrine on the lands they've occupied.
In Brief
New Report Values Detroit Institute of Arts Collection at $4.6 Billion
A new valuation of the 66,000-item collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has found it to be worth between $2.8 and $4.6 billion, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week in Los Angeles, shake off any post-Fourth-of-July sloth with a variety of screenings, lectures, and performances.
Poetry
"Gentlemen Prefer Bows Over Dinner" by Stephanie Berger and Carina Finn
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected an original emoji poem by Carina Finn, and its translation by Stephanie Berger, for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
Painting as Super Model
Yve-Alain Bois’s book Painting as Model was written twenty odd years ago and continues to be an important text, providing conceptual fodder for many contemporary art practices.
Interview
The Multiple Standpoints of Hassan Khan
What may seem erratic, disparate, schizophrenic, and impatient might instead be read as a thoughtful, methodical, and relentless reconstruction of, as Hassan puts it, his process of defining the sum total of knowledge.
Art
Jackson Pollock's Renaissance Connection
FLORENCE, Italy — The city of Florence is paying homage to Jackson Pollock, well-known for his all-over syncretistic paintings, by connecting his work to that of Michelangelo’s.
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Why a Russian Nationalist Militia Took Over an Arts Center in Ukraine
An arts nonprofit in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk has found itself, and much of its collection, at the mercy of the Russian nationalist militia of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), an unrecognized self-declared body.
Art
Artistic Revelations from Ancient Southeast Asia
With Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art once again proves its stature as a world-class museum — not just because of its collections, size, or location, but because it is one of the few institutions in the world that can
Opinion
Marina Abramović Made a Film with ... Adidas?
First, there was the dance of death with Jay Z. Next was the confusing collaboration with Lady Gaga. Now, the grandmother of performance art has moved on to bigger and better brands things. Yes, for reasons unbeknownst to just about everyone, Marina Abramović has teamed up with Adidas to make a comm