Art
On November 9, the New York Times published an article titled "Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief." The URL for the story, which presumably reflects either an alternate or an original headline for the story, offers a slightly more pointed take: "Where FEMA Fell Short, Occupy Sandy Was There."
Art
The damage from Sandy's flooding took Chelsea galleries by surprise. The swelling water knocked artworks from walls and poured into basement storage areas, where art spaces and artists alike often store the work that's not on display. Zach Feuer Gallery's sloped space meant that water washed directl
Art
It's a quiet week in New York. Holidays are a good time for museums, so the doctor recommends a few exhibitions, plus an art and new media festival and a few more Hurricane Sandy benefits. Happy Turkey Day!
Opinion
Romanian artist Sebastian Cosor creates a very personal animated vision of the world inhabited by Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (1893–1910) and sets it all to the soundtrack of Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky" (1973).
Opinion
Smartphone pics aren't the only source of social media buzz circulating around Edvard Munch's "The Scream, currently at MoMA. The chatter on Twitter is pretty funny, intriguing, and sometimes revealing, even if some of it is not directly related (but funny nonetheless).
News
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has joined the ranks of Artsy, Pinterest, Google Art Project and Artstack in creating a way for letting audiences digitally engage with art. The difference between the museum and the technology start-ups is that the Rijksmuseum actually owns the artwork it presents.
Opinion
For those still struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy and the destruction left in its wake, we've rounded up a few more ways that you can get help.
Art
With one version of Munch's renowned The Scream series on display at MoMA, New Yorkers and tourist are mimicking the bald figure's extreme expression much the way tourists to Oslo have long been doing — though some aren't very successful at it. Some people may think it's tacky, I think it's a scream
News
Attention all New York artists living and working in converted industrial studios: New York City Loft Tenants has begun hosting a bimonthly housing clinic.
Comics
It's OK to be selective about where you show your artwork.
Opinion
This week, the best thing you'll read today, the dying GIF, art auction records, the insularity of the New Aesthetic, the meaning of Edgar Degas' history paintings, and more.
Opinion
An exquisite corpse of apposite quotes from the Hyperallergic Weekend Editors. This week, as portions of the city remain decimated by Hurricane Sandy, at Sotheby's and Christie’s nearly $1 billion was spent on contemporary art.