Art
On the Maidan Uprising and 'Imaginary Archive' in Kiev
With a sharp tug, the soot-covered tire slides free from a pile stacked over my head. Then another. And another. Soon I have fifteen tires loosened.
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A Visit to Portland's Graffiti Haven
PORTLAND, Ore. — When I asked artist Rx Skulls where to shoot graffiti and street art when I came to town this past April, his most emphatic suggestion was Taylor Electric.
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An International Stilt-Dancing Collaboration Stands Tall
Laura Anderson Barbata started her international stilt-dancing collaborations in 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago, and since then has forged links between communities in the United States and Mexico. A traveling exhibition focused on the precarious performance practice opened earlier this month at BRIC H
Opinion
Getting Up Close and Personal with the Brazilian Protests
For the past year, a photography collective in São Paulo, Brazil, has been creating short, troubling, and cinematic videos of the public protests that first swept the country in 2013.
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The Library That Kept Darwin Company for Five Years, Reconstructed
For the five years Charles Darwin spent sailing on the HMS Beagle the budding naturalist had around 404 books for company. After the ship returned to England on October 2, 1836, the books were dispersed, only now reassembled in a digital form.
News
Locals Remain Lukewarm on Guggenheim's Helsinki Grab
An extensive report in the New York Times today dives into the Guggenheim's longstanding bid for a franchise in the Finnish capital of Helsinki, detailing the rocky reception to the project since it was first proposed in 2011.
News
When Photography Gets You Labeled a Terrorist
It's not news that taking pictures can get you threatened and arrested, but a lawsuit filed this month by the American Civil Liberties Union sheds further light on just how pervasive the government's paranoia over photography has become.
Art
What Did Disability Look Like in the 19th Century?
Clubs for ugly people, ear trumpets designed for mourners, mesmerism as a cure — disability in the 19th century reflected all of the Victorian era's oddities and societal changes. Nineteenth-Century Disability: Cultures & Contexts is a digital research archive of text and images on this more overloo
Interview
Mark Dion's Penchant for the Past
In Richard Brautigan’s 1968 novel In Watermelon Sugar, a girl named Margaret often wanders off to the Forgotten Works, a forbidden area piled with the detritus of past civilizations. Like Margaret, the artist Mark Dion is drawn to old things.
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Join Hyperallergic & Art Southampton for a Summer Hamptons Getaway, July 26
Join Hyperallergic & Art Southampton on Saturday, July 26th for an intimate day trip to the Hamptons. We'll visit the Parrish Museum, tour the Art Southampton Fair, enjoy cocktails in the VIP lounge, and end the art-filled day with dinner and cocktails at the Southampton Social Club.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, we're psyched for the New Museum's Here and Elsewhere opening, the Kurt Vonnegut reading at the Housing Works Bookstore, Surrealist shorts in Williamsburg, and the Ray Johnson mail art show at MoMA. And just a reminder that it is your last chance to see Louise Lawler at Metro Pictures.
Art
A Demographic Breakdown of the World's 200 Top Art Collectors
Hyperallergic has taken it on ourselves to crunch the numbers and scan the demographics of ARTnews magazine's top 200 art collectors in the world.