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A Drawing a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
What can we learn about artists from the past to help artists feel better today?
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Required Reading
This week, the philosophical meaning of beauty, Ai Weiwei's LES education, mega-exhibitions, online fakes, Chardin's strange self-portrait and more.
Art
A Map That Never Stays the Same
Sun Tzu’s Sixth Century treatise, The Art of War, is one of the precursors to Gertrude Stein’s How to Write (1931). Written in different epochs, under different dark clouds, war either in progress or just around the fork in the road, these manuals are invaluable to an understanding of writing and th
Books
Booze Muse: Kingsley Amis, the Laureate of Hangovers
Here is a fun literary experiment: substitute the words ill or illness in Virginia Woolf’s essay “On Being Ill” (1930) with the words hung-over and hangover . It works, right? “Hangover is the great confessional”; “In a hangover words seem to possess a mystic quality”; “Incomprehensibility has an en
Art
When an Immovable Object Meets an Unstoppable Force
On Sunday, my Hyperallergic Weekend colleague Claudia La Rocco published a piece in The New York Times titled “Museum Shows With Moving Parts,” which explored the expanding presence of dance in museum settings.
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Have Researchers Found a New Photo of Emily Dickinson?
Today we take it for granted that we have photographs of pretty much everyone: famous or not, smartphone-owning or not, Instagram-using or not. It's hard to imagine anyone becoming famous without an attendant cache of images to identify them.
Art
Overheard in the Art World
Every Friday (or so), we post things “Overheard in the Art World.” #OHAW Honestly, art world, don’t take yourself so seriously.
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Independent Filmmaker Goes Missing in Syria
In the latest story of the Syrian government cracking down on artists, independent filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia has gone missing, presumably detained by Syrian authorities.
Hyperallergic
Introducing the New Hyperallergic Editorial Team
Starting this week, Hyperallergic has forged an expanded editorial team that will ensure more engaging, fun, quality and thoughtful posts.
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Shepard Fairey Gets Two Years' Probation and $25,000 Fine
The saga of Shepard Fairey vs. the Associated Press finally came to a close today, as the LA-based street artist was sentenced to two years of probation and a $25,000 fine for committing criminal contempt of court. Fairey pled guilty to the charge earlier this year.
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Berlin Shuts Down Tacheles, DIY Artistic Holdout from the Bygone Days
Berlin's famous Tacheles, a sprawling art center housed in a former department store, was effectively shut down this week, as the owner of the building, HSH Nordbank, moves forward with plans to sell it.
Books
Private Creativity and Queer Spirituality
It’s hard to talk about spirituality in the US today without bringing up a lot of baggage — conflicts between religions about who has it right or who is the most righteous, not to mention all the stereotypes that accompany each religion and its practitioners. And it’s certainly not easy to talk abou