Art
HONG KONG — As big as the world may be and as connected as it may seem, there are invisible worlds that most of us know nothing about. Take Greece, for example, a country that, aside from its well-documented economic crisis and accompanying five years of straight recession, has been dealing with the
Opinion
Here and there in recent months, there have been grumblings about Kickstarter burnout. There have also been Kickstarter indecision crises — how do you know when to pledge, and how much? — and Kickstarter skepticism. But to all the naysayers, nonbelievers, and doubters, Kickstarter might now present
Art
Museums sometimes seem to have a split identity — some institutions are on the bleeding edge of innovation, taking full advantage of the internet and technology in spreading access to their collections and programming. Others are stuck in the past, operating just how they might have decades ago with
Opinion
"Where Are We Now" is the first single from "The Next Day," David Bowie's first studio album in 10 years, and the surreal pop star is breaking the silence with something memorable — a music video created by Tony Oursler, a British video and installation artist known for projecting body parts onto su
News
You may have thought (hoped?) book/media burning was a thing of the past, but this Saturday, a town some 30 miles from Newtown, Connecticut, the site of a horrific elementary-school shooting last month, will hold a violent video games drive. Organizers will collect violent video games, throw them in
Art
This week, the doctor wants you to focus, and her suggestion is the exciting Brooklyn/Montreal art exchange to cure your ills.
Art
HOLLAND, Massachusetts — The use of electronic signals for instantaneous, mediated communication began with the telegraph, intensified with the telephone, and today flourishes across the internet. It would not be hyperbole to say that physical proximity is no longer essential to social exchange. And
Comics
What do I do with this piece of tape … ?
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — 3D is experiencing a bit of a renaissance, what with 3D films and 3D GIFs becoming all the rage. Heck, you might count 3D printing into the mix, with printed cookies now possible. But I still long for a 3D practice that takes 3D past the simple fact of its three dimensions and gives us
Hyperallergic
Today, Hyperallergic HQ is closed in observance of yesterday's Armenian Christmas celebrations. Whether you celebrate Epiphany, Three Kings Day, Armenian Christmas, Feast of Theophany, and Eastern Orthodox Christmas, we wish you a happy holiday!
Opinion
This week, Gagosian's art business, Dave Hickey's contradictions, museums collecting non-Western art, photographs in the National Gallery, the Library of Congress' Twitter archive, damage to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Museum, and more.
Opinion
Unlucky? Now that we're officially in year 13 of the 21st century, Weekend Words asks, "What’s luck got to do with it?"