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Guggenheim Announces Hugo Boss Prize Short List
Today, Guggenheim announced the following finalists for the 2012 Hugh Prize: Trisha Donnelly, Rashid Johnson, Qiu Zhijie, Monika Sosnowska, Danh Vo and Tris Vonna-Michell.
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Art
The Glorious Interiors of the Hermitage
This past weekend I was in St. Petersburg, Russia for the "Art & Reality" conference. During that trip I had the pleasure of taking some time off to visit the world-renowed Hermitage museum. For my first post about the Hermitage, I wanted to post a series of images of interiors that give a sense of
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White Like Me
"White Ambassador" is a provocative title for an art work in America and it is the title of artist Nate Hill's latest work that tackles race.
Opinion
What One Artist Gives to Charity Art Auctions
Our Saturday post, "Who Do Benefit Auctions Really Benefit?," has been generating a lot of discussion on the topic of charity art auctions, emerging artists and the treatment of artists. Last night, artist Steve Lambert shared this comment via Google+ about his response to benefits when he's asked t
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Turning a Beloved Novel into Art (Prospect 2 Spotlight)
NEW ORLEANS — Of all the stories about New Orleans, John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the most universally beloved. So an artist who attempts to engage it in a different medium has their work cut out for them from the get-go: anyone who's read Toole's posthumously published come
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Hyperallergic Wins Art & Reality Conference Best Art Blog Prize!
We have great news to share with you today. Yesterday, Hyperallergic was awarded the best art blog prize at the 2011 "Art and Reality" conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. The weekend-long gathering was organized by the Moscow-based Petr Konchalovsky Foundation.
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Required Reading
This week, lies on the web, how retrospective worthy is Damien Hirst, reported values at auctions, micro arts patronage, the value of handmade and lots more.
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Who Do Benefit Auctions Really Benefit?
America has finally woken up to discover that the free life they thought they were living is really governed by a system. A system designed at first glance to be “for the people, by the people.” But in recent years we’ve all realized that this is furthest from the truth. Facets of the system are und
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Help Hyperallergic Win a Prize By Voting Online Now
Hi Hyperallergic fans! Hyperallergic is in the running for a blogging award in Russia worth thousands of dollars and WE NEED YOUR HELP! Click here to head straight to the poll [http://aifaar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=62&Itemid=73&lang=en] (it's In Russian) and cli
Interview
An Interview with the Creator of the Art and Design Blog Colossal
CHICAGO — If you haven’t seen Colossal, don’t worry: you will. It’s an art and design blog which is, well, what it says it is. It’s getting mentioned everywhere, including here on Hyperallergic. It so happens that the blog's creator, Chris Jobson, and I have known each other for years, and we live a
Opinion
New Milan Show Dramatizes Rape of Baroque Genius
This passage in Rachel Spence's otherwise straightforward review of the current Artemisia Gentileschi exhibiton at the Palazzo Reale, Milan, immediately caught my attention yesterday in the Financial Times …
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Brooklyn Night Bazaar Unveils Plans for Trippy Interior
The energy is ramping up for the Brooklyn Night Bazaar and if the rendering of the interior by hot Euro architects JDS/Julien de Smeldt Architects is any indication, it's going to be quite a trip.