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.
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Pablo Neruda Goes for a Walk, 41 Years After His Death
"It so happens I am sick of being a man," Pablo Neruda wrote in his 1933 poem "Walking Around."
News
Israel Denies Exit for Palestinian Artist in New Museum Show
With less than a week to go before the opening of two shows that feature the works of Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar, I received a message from him that read: "The Israelis sent me back." Another soon followed: "No trip to NY."
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Frank Gehry Goes Underground in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — With all of the gratuitous snark surrounding the recent work of Frank O. Gehry, the expansion and modernization of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will most likely glide under the radar of his usual detractors.
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Japanese Artist In Trouble for Making Her Genitals Available to Others
Police in Tokyo have arrested a female artist on charges of obscenity, with investigators claiming that she distributed electronic data that could be used to replicate models of her genitals using a 3D printer, The Japan Times reported.
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Damien Hirst Seeks Destruction of Early Spot Painting
Damien Hirst has demanded that an early spot painting be returned to him and destroyed after its current owner sought to sell it, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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Sotheby's and eBay Join Forces for Online Auctions
Sotheby's auction house has tapped eBay to expand its offerings online, the companies announced in a joint statement today.
Art
The Birth and Education of Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago, arguably the world’s best known Feminist artist, continues to fiercely divide opinion. Her detractors accuse her work of being simplistic and singleminded, while loyalists praise her unwavering activism. The artist has fostered a reputation for being independent and uncompromising.
Art
Using Beauty to Examine Ugly Political Truths
Beauty has long occupied an inferior rank in the modern art world. At best, it’s deemed inconsequential — at worst, shallow. But this puritanical sentiment may be misguided, if two video works on view at the Asia Society are any indication.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Singapore.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, why contemporary art museums are vital, the drawbacks of internet visibility, smells of the Byzantine Empire, working in the Domino Sugar Refinery before Kara Walker, all the Vermeers in the world, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Stone
On Wednesday, Hyperallergic’s Jillian Steinhauer brought the news of Marina Abramović’s latest endeavor, a video collaboration with Adidas reenacting the artist’s performance piece, “Work/Relation,” from 1978.