Art
Highlights From the PAD/D Archive
A look at the contents of the large PAD/D Archive at MoMA QNS.
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Art
Art in the 1980s: The Forgotten History of PAD/D
July 1979. Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Iran has entered its fourth month as an Islamic Republic, and the Sandinista National Liberation Front have deposed the U.S. backed Samoza dictatorship in Nicaragua. It was against this political backdrop that Lucy Lippard's exhibi
News
The Onion Skewers George W. Bush, the Painter
Yes, the world's favorite satirical site went there, and their latest video takes aim at former US President George W. Bush's latest hobby, painting.
Opinion
A Compendium of Comic Maps
The best fiction often succeeds because its creator has constructed a convincing world. By that I don't mean a place that seems realistic, but rather a world that's believable because it's been thought through — pages of notes, characters described down to their beauty marks, the relationships betwe
Art
The Sound Of Two Borders Dissolving
HONG KONG — Unlike the Berlin Wall, which began with the division of post-World War II spoils, or the Israeli West Bank barrier, which divides parts of Israel and Palestine, the Shenzhen/Hong Kong fence, or “Frontier Closed Area,” has as much security power as wet tissue paper.
Art
Hollywood Counternarratives: A Fictional Female Warner Brothers
LOS ANGELES — Phyllis McGillicuddy strode out of the bathroom, heading toward a podium that overlooked a room packed with fans and friends alike. It had been a while since Phyllis left her home in suburban Glendale, where she lives with multiple cats and manages the Prescott Pictures Society, home t
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Folk Art Museum Architects Denounce Demolition, MoMA PS1 Proposed as Possible Site for Facade
With scaffolding now shrouding its embattled façade, the architects behind the ill-fated American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) have broken their silence over the demolition of the acclaimed building, denouncing the "senseless and unnecessary act of destruction" in a brief statement posted online yesterday
Interview
Pixels Wants to Put Image Licensing Back in the Hands of Photographers
Pixels.com, a spinoff of the print-on-demand website Fine Art America — is aiming to put licensing back into the hands of photographers.
Poetry
Three Poems by Dan Magers
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected three poems by Dan Magers for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
The Power of Tiny Paintings
At the age of 27, painter Eleanor Ray has already made something of a critical splash. As of this writing, her second show of 40 paintings at the gallery has very nearly sold out.
Art
A Journal for Emerging Photography Endures in Print
Since it was founded in 2004 by photographer Sophie Mörner, Capricious magazine has been issuing contemporary photography narratives organized around broad themes.
Opinion
Hip-Hop Meets Art History
Cecilia Azcarate's art history tumblelog B4XVI pairs pictures of rappers with historical sculptures, paintings, and statues from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.