Opinion
Brace Yourselves, Lady Gaga Goes ARTPOP
Lady Gaga awoke yesterday and calculated decided to share the name of her new album with the world … lucky us …
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Art
Creating Communal Space in Moscow
How much is one minute of your time worth? Two rubles (6 US cents), perhaps? That’s what the founders of Tsiferblat think. Tsiferblat, or “clockface” in English, refers to a set of open-to-the-public, almost-free spaces that have recently popped up all over Eastern Europe. The concept is quite simpl
Art
Everyday Awards Honor the People Leading Significant Lives
Here at Hyperallergic, we've been thinking a lot about public art recently. Turns out we're not the only ones. Last week artist Zefrey Throwell launched a project in Water Valley, Mississippi, which takes the classic idea about public artworks — that they should honor famous people who've accomplish
Art
The Spectator Is Present
I'm ashamed to admit that I am a reflection hog. On the subway or walking past big storefront windows, I constantly check my reflection. Even at a gallery or museum, I find myself looking at my reflection before I look at the art. I never really gave this a second thought; it wasn't until I visited
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, a lost Raphael may be found, Ai Weiwei gives London Olympics a thumbs up, the Tea Party's favorite artist, Iran's amazing modern and contemporary art collections and more.
Art
Postage Due: Joan Miró's Alternative History
For a call for help, it packs a punch: an outsized yellow fist, raised in salute, all but leaps out of the blue background of Joan Miró’s color stencil “Aidez l’Espagne” (“Help Spain,” 1937). Open-mouthed, the stylized Catalan peasant who dominates the image is an emblem of strength and energy — a r
Books
The Tip of the Iceberg: My Reading of Frank Kuenstler (1928–1996)
I want to begin with a few salient facts and personal observations about the poet and filmmaker Frank Kuenstler. He is part of the same generation as John Ashbery, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Philip Lamantia, Denise Levertov, Frank O’Hara, and Adrienne Rich, and, to my mind, belongs in their company
Books
What Didn't You Do in the War, Daddy? Chickenhawks and a Few Good Books
Last week Mitt Romney reached deep into the Republican bag of stock postures to attack President Obama as weak in matters of defense and foreign policy. The macho posturing by chickenhawk Republicans (Romney, Rove, Cheney, Bush, Kristol, Gingrich and many others avoided Vietnam if not military servi
Art
Without Mercy: The Bitter Comix of Anton Kannemeyer
In 1986, South Africa was still eight years away from the end of apartheid, and though opposition to the racist ruling system had been mounting for decades, the government continued to suppress rebels and dissidents. Yet that same year, the exiled Afrikaner writer and artist Breyten Breytenbach, a v
Opinion
Overheard in the Art World
This week we wandered through NADA Hudson and a few museums to examine the man's handy work and to learn that not all the employees know what's happening upstairs.
Books
Sleepwalkers in a Box
Doug Aitken, Princeton Architectural Press and DFA Records have attempted to repackaging the magic of Aitken's "Sleepwalkers" film in a box.
Art
Beauty Before Age
In Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s new documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, we follow the stories of a group of aging models discussing the nature of projecting an image, our society’s preoccupation with youth, and how an industry so consumed with beauty can be so ugly.