Satire
BuzzFeed Acquires Hyperallergic, Critical Pivot for Future of Art Blogs
OMG, we have exciting news today: Hyperallergic has been acquired by bleeding-edge media company BuzzFeed for an undisclosed amount.
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News
Tate Doesn't Want to Disclose Details of BP Sponsorship
The Tate yesterday filed an appeal to a court order that would have required the museum to release internal documents relating to its controversial sponsorship deal with British Petroleum (BP), Hyperallergic has learned.
News
Austrian Businessman Asks Government to Buy His Art Collection
The Austrian government is considering buying one of the country's best-known private art collections in a bid to help save its owner's company. Collector and businessman Karlheinz Essl has appealed to the Austrian minister of culture to purchase his 7,000-piece art collection, the Guardian reported
Announcement
Make the Metropolitan Museum Your Studio with New Adult Workshops
Create your own artwork inspired by the Metropolitan Museum’s collections and special exhibitions, and learn new ways to make art. [http://engine.adzerk.net/p/eyJhdiI6NjE4MjgsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjEwMjMyNCwiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjoyODU2NjgsImRtIjo0LCJmYyI6MzUzMjczLCJmbCI6MTgzOTg3LCJudyI6MjA3LCJwYyI6MCwicHIiO
Art
Woman of Mystery: Finding Vivian Maier
Today, the name "Vivian Maier" is far from unknown. People around the world have seen and read about Maier's photographs, taken in New York, Chicago, and countless other places during the second half of the 20th century.
Art
Art Rx
It's warming up outside, so take note that this weekend Storm King sculpture park opens. #roadtrip
Art
Psychedelic Symbols of State Power in Nicaragua
After Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega lost his re-election bid in 1990, the eccentric poet and first lady Rosario Murillo told a reporter she was happier with her common-law husband out of power. “I had a series of responsibilities that didn’t let me do art,” she explained.
Books
Duh, It’s Postmodern Poetry
Jon Rutzmoser’s thin book of poetry packed with thick descriptions of dicks, dire and dramatic Oedipal complexes, heavy-petting psychoanalytic theory references, and Disneyland descriptors made me laugh, pissed me off, had me rolling my eyes, and had me wondering what it means to write poetry today.
Opinion
Renegade Election Signs Spoof Toronto's Crack Mayor
Today, Torontonians awoke to a series of fake election signs poking fun at the city's crack-prone mayor and the sad reality of an elected official who has become a laughing stock around the world.
Art
Artaud and Van Gogh Against Society
PARIS — In 1947, at the urging of Paris gallery owner Pierre Loeb, anguished French poet, actor, philosopher, madman, genius, playwright, and director Antonin Artaud fêted Vincent Van Gogh in a bizarre but exquisite text that rails against universal imbecility.
Announcement
A New Generation of Palestinian Artists Converges in New York
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Opinion
How Did Famous Creative People Spend Their Days?
The question of how our creative forebears organized their time makes for fascinating fodder. This is the subject of Mason Currey's 2013 book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, which RJ Andrews, of Info We Trust, has now mined to create data visualizations of the daily routines of a number of historic