Art
PHILADELPHIA — There are two public works on view in the Northeast right now by the Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse. One, in Philadelphia, zips past as you ride a moving train; the other, in Brooklyn, inspires you to stand still and look closely.
Poetry
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected three poems by Dara Wier for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Comics
Another week at the Spruceton Inn … just shave my beard …
Opinion
The Freedom of Information Act request-processing website MuckRock has obtained and published Susan Sontag's Federal Bureau of Investigation file. The document comprises 73 pages of letters and memoranda dating from 1968 through 1972, noting in mind-numbing detail the late intellectual's various app
Art
LOS ANGELES — In the late fifties and early-to-mid-1960s, when my father came to New York and checked into the Royalton for stays that varied in length from a few days to several weeks, he would run into his friend Leonard Lyons, the New York Post gossip columnist, who invariably wrote an item or tw
Art
Opening tonight with the New York premiere of Boyhood, Richard Linklater's highly anticipated coming-of-age tale, the sixth incarnation of BAMcinemaFest finds the festival itself approaching maturity.
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News
Yesterday, the soccer team of World Cup host Brazil played, and tied with, Mexico. But on the same day that Brazilian players were proudly representing their country on the field in the northern city of Fortaleza, some 450 miles south, military police attacked nonviolent protestors in Recife, the co
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The United Nations issued a warning yesterday on possible danger to Iraqi cultural heritage sites as the insurgent army of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) continued its southward sweep of the country towards Baghdad.
Art
In our inaugural LA listings this week: the city's exhibition openings and other festivities spill out of museums and galleries into the streets, churches, rooftops, and beyond. Here's your guide to seven ways to get your art fix.
Art
A recent analysis in the growing concentration on neuroaesthetics, a field that examines the brain's relationship to art, suggests our minds are particularly organized to respond to visual art.
Art
LOS ANGELES — For Helen Pashgian, art exists at the intersection of the material and immaterial. Her use of industrial materials, such as acrylic, epoxy, resin, and metal, combined with complex fabrication processes serve to make the presence of light a substance unto itself.
Art
Navigating the innumerable conversations on Reddit may seem overwhelming, especially if you're exploring a topic as broad as art, but the key to uncovering gems lies in finding the subreddits that inform, intrigue, or amuse you the most.