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The Mummy Returns … Zahi Hawass Becomes Egyptian Minister

The egotistical Hawass is baaaack! Less than a month after leaving his post as Egypt's Minister of Antiquities due to revolution fallout, Zahi Hawass has returned to the job.

Books

MoMA Hits the Streets With Newsprint

After stopping in to Hyperallergic's local coffee shop one morning, I noticed something interesting in the newsstand next to the Village Voices and L Magazines. I took a closer look. MoMA's logo? On a newsprint publication? The Museum of Modern Art is refreshing an old form of advertising to get the

Opinion

Street Art via Infographic? [UPDATED]

Infographics never tell the whole story in that they omit details and attempt to make clear narratives where none exist. But Daniel Feral's GRAFFITI & STREET ART graphic, which is labeled “a 75th Anniversary celebration of Alfred H. Barr, Jr's CUBISM & ABSTRACT ART diagram,” attempts to create reaso

Opinion

Iconic Architecture in Wall-Friendly Form

Designer Andrea Gallo has created a series of six posters that boil iconic works of architecture down to their minimalist details. The stark, black and white posters cut out silhouettes of the buildings and zoom in, with an eye towards the key elements of famous buildings.

Art

Mail Art Bulletin: Wreck & Salvage from Vermont

As promised, today we inaugurate the first edition of our newly minted Mail Art Bulletin, catchy, ain't it? And we start with this work from a rather hunky talented Vermont-based trio, Wreck & Salvage.

Opinion

Video: A First-Hand Witness on Ai Weiwei

PBS documentary show Frontline features Alison Klayman's work filming Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's tumultuous past two years. The journalist has followed Ai through art exhibitions and political scandals alike, interviewing the artist and his family as well as the Chinese artistic community in a power

Art

Math and Art Together at Last

I never would have imagined stuffy mathematics and playful chance could blend in peaceful harmony, let alone lead to the series of subdued yet provocative drawings on display in James Bills’ current exhibition Golden Parachutes and Tin Handcuffs at Yes Gallery in Greenpoint. Only an artist adept in

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Thank You to Our March Sponsors!

We want to take a moment to show our appreciation to our monthly sponsors for doing their part and helping us provide you with daily coverage of the art world. This month's sponsors include Collectrium, Dia Art Foundation's presentation of Robert Whitman, NYU Steinhardt's thesis exhibition, Tyler Sc

Opinion

Tour Zaha Hadid's Alien Opera House

Architectural criticism takes to the streets in this video walk through of starchitect Zaha Hadid's new opera house in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province in China. Wandering through the structure's alien curves and strange spaces, Guardian architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains how

Interview

Interview with Tipi Artist Bently Spang

The following is an interview with artist Bently Spang, whose work appears in the Brooklyn Museum's current Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains exhibit. Through the interview, Spang explores ideas of Native American identity, cultural stereotypes and the difficulty of showing Native American spiritua

Opinion

Wonderland Installation Live at Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum's newly renovated Great Hall is filled with pirouetting abstract figures made of billowing cloth. This architectural ballet is Brooklyn architecture firm Situ Studio's reOrder, an installation inspired by hoop skirts, but blown up to enormous proportions. reOrder is now on displa

Opinion

Alternate Realities in a Single Book Cover

Japanese author Haruki Murakami's latest book, 1Q84, has become a blockbuster hit in the author's native country, but the English edition is still forthcoming. As a preview, Knopf has released images of the book's cover, by famous graphic designer Chip Kidd. Using transparent vellum as a jacket, the