Art
New York Art Fair Week 2011 kicks off with the Armory Show! Over the course of a pre-show press conference we were treated to Mayor Bloomberg explaining his taste for Picasso, but that was just an appetizer for the exhibition ahead. The 2011 Armory presented a chaotic and inconsistent mixture, but t
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We're very happy to have partnered with 20x200 and Art Fag City to create the most useful guide (if I do say so myself) of this week's events titled "Art Fag City & Hyperallergic Present the Very Excellent Event Guide to New York Art Fair Week" (sneak peak [http://twitter.com/#!/hyperallergic/status
Opinion
February 28 and March 1 marked Museum Advocacy Day, an event organized by the American Association of Museums to give people the opportunity to show their support for community museums and push for their consideration in government. The #MuseumAdvocacy hashtag became a viral venue for museum memorie
Opinion
Even after the website's sale to AOL for $315 million, Huffington Post still declines to pay its volunteer bloggers. In reaction, Post contributors from art sites ArtScene and Visual Art Source have announced a “strike” against writing for the website. The action begs the question, how can art writi
News
The New York Times is reporting on its ArtsBeat blog that the Egyptian Antiquities head, Zahi Hawass, may resign after a month of defending his work as the head of antiquities and, in more troubling news, he has revealed some facts that suggest Egypt's ancient heritage isn't exactly safe … [NYTimes'
Opinion
YouTube star and art-world explainer Hennesy Youngman records a rant about artists' personal mythologies, the tall tales that serve as the background for many art superstars. Besides a lesson in hagiography, this video serves up an awesome comparison of myth-making practices between rapper Jay-Z and
Announcement
We want to take a moment to thank our sponsors for the month of February, who have made all the posting we've done possible. The Association of Professional Art Advisors [http://www.artadvisors.org/] (APAA) is an international organization of leading independent art advisors and corporate art curat
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I've already expressed my affection for apartment shows but hallway — or landing, to be more precise — shows I've been mum about … until now. This past weekend curator Martin Esteves pulled off a smart, small pop-up exhibition on a friend's landing on Dupont Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
News
According to the Loveland Reporter-Herald [http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?id=31264], the Christian fundamentalist trucker who damaged artist Enrique Chagoya's “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals” at the Loveland Museum Gallery in Loveland, Colorado has been "ordered to pay $2,
Opinion
Artist Pantonio has transformed the scene of a car crash in Lisbon into a Pop Art-style explosion reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein. The street "tribute" seems appropriate considering Lichtenstein freely transformed the imagery he found in comic books into fine art.
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Beginning on Wednesday, the emails and text messages started pouring in. “You’re in The New Yorker!” was the notion of the generally congratulatory remarks. This was not untrue. But, it also wasn’t entirely accurate. My friend and former studio neighbor, Hope Gangloff, painted a portrait of me paint
Opinion
In an essay for Paper Monument's third issue, Timothy Aubry writes on his view of youngsters’ behavior in museums, temples of art that were previously bastions of quiet respect and contemplation. Now, they may as well be amusement parks! Aubry points to the pajama-party vibe of Pipolotti Rist’s “Pou