Opinion
Despite the 2010 New York Art Book Fair getting quite a fair amount of press attention, photographer and fair participant Alec Soth feels that it wasn't exactly the right kind. His criticism lies not with the fair itself nor with its PR, rather, his opinion that critics don't often go out of their w
Books
The trek out to PS1 for the 2010 New York Art Book Fair [http://nyartbookfair.com/] took me on the E train to Long Island City, away from Hyperallergic's Williamsburg office. Yet somehow, the population of Williamsburg had followed me there. The concrete colonnade and ramped steps leading up to PS1'
Opinion
Sometimes I wish a 1000 words could kill a picture. #criticism — William (@Powhida) November 10, 2010 I guess the old adage is wrong, how about 10,000? Art would be so much more fun if words had this kind of power.
Opinion
I thought I'd share with you a term that I encountered in my internet wanderings this morning, found in this essay by Dana Ward [http://blog.sfmoma.org/2010/11/dana-ward-on-cory-arcangel/] on artist Cory Arcangel, hat tip to Modern Art Notes' excellent Wednesday link post [http://blogs.artinfo.com/m
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Announcement
If the voice's call is the origin of speech - with its ability to hail, summon, or bestow a name - then perhaps the hand, raised to touch, or signal at a distance, is its silent counterpart. These two gestures form a call and response that provides the structure for stylus, a project created by Ann
News
It’s worth your time to read the whole thing [http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/post/1525958345/the-river-crab-banquet-images-and-report-from-rachel], it has some GREAT photos! [@aiwwenglish [http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/]]
Opinion
Yale School of Art may have the reputation of being an institution that turns out future art market-friendly artist gazillionaires, but their website is hurting the eyes of people all over the web. Recently, a bunch of users on Reddit have been cursing the institution’s jarring — which may be an und
Opinion
A group of enterprising Oxford musicologists have endeavored to recreate the musical instruments [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/07/sam-leith-shocking-news-oxford] found in the Bosch's famed 16th century painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a painting that's well known for its unreal
Opinion
Here come the new collectors, same as the old collectors. Barron's has an article [http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970203408504575588573549514034.html?mod=googlenews_barrons] on collectors from the developing world asking for unorthodox art deals, such as payment terms that extend ove
News
Halloween is already past, so candy is supposed to be on sale, right? Not at last night's Philips de Pury sale [http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/online-catalog.aspx?sn=NY010710&search=&p=&order=] when a lucky bidder ended up paying $4.5 million for 200 pounds of blue cellophane-wrapped treats.
Art
Even on a cloudy day, it's beautiful to get an opportunity to look across the East River at Manhattan from Astoria, especially when the view remains unobstructed by buildings, warehouses, elevated tracks, and all that other urban detritus. Socrates Sculpture Park provides an extraordinary view that,
News
Beijing-based writer and art professional Melanie Wang brought to our attention the upcoming November 17th court case of Wu Yuren, a Chinese photographer and installation artist whose provocative work and political activism have earned him the nickname “Little Ai [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo