Opinion
A Talk Show About Art
For its first original web series, Ovation TV has launched a talk show about art called Touching the Art. And why not?
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Opinion
When Reality TV Imitates Art
Sometimes "homage" is the only way to understand things.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week Los Angeles seems to be all about performance and performativity.
Opinion
Spike Lee Draws Out the Parallels Between Art and Life (and Death)
Does art imitate life, or is it the other way around?
Interview
Unpacking the Medicated Motherhood Mystique
CHICAGO — On February 13, I found myself in the back seat of a bus in Chicago with the artist Marni Kotak. We felt comfortable in the back of the bus. We are those kinds of women.
Poetry
"Sideward & Leisurely Crumbles the Heart’s Presidio" by Michael Robins
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Michael Robins for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios from California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Mississippi.
Art
How a Turn-of-the-Century Painter Influenced Military Camouflage
The newest exhibition at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York examines the influence of nature on military camouflage.
In Brief
Archeologists Find Possible Ancient Cat Costume in Peru
Archeologists in Peru have discovered the 1,500-year-old tomb of a Moche nobleman, which they say could shed further light on the pre-Inca civilization. Along with some things you might expect to find in an archeological dig was a curious pair of metal feline paws with sharp claws.
Art
Early High-Speed Photographs Offer Incredible Details of Motion
Back in the 1930s, an electrical engineer from Nebraska, working at MIT, developed the first "strobe" flash for photography, changing the way motion is documented.
In Brief
Detroit Pensioners Approve "Grand Bargain"
Detroit's civilian and police-and-fire retirees overwhelmingly voted to approve cuts to their benefits in connection with the city's bankruptcy "grand bargain," the Detroit Free Press reported.
Art
A Fictional Childhood, Filmed in Real Time
The big bet pays off in Boyhood, much like the risks of early life: making friends, changing the way we think and look, the things we do.