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Mail Art Bulletin: Four Originals
Today's installment of the Mail Art Bulletin includes works by Bernard Klevickas of Queens, Rainer Zamojre of Germany, Dave LaMorte of New Jersey and Dave Byrd of Brooklyn.
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Has Werner Herzog Made the First Art Stoner Flick in 3D?
Director and filmmaker, Werner Herzog’s latest, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, is a strange mix of flighty pseudo-intellectual reverie and jaw-dropping documentary. Filmed in the famously inaccessible Chauvet Cave in southern France with 3-D enhancement, and sprinkled with the usual eccentric Hertzogian
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How to Be a Freelance Art Writer
Being a freelance art writer in New York is as outwardly glamorous as it has ever been; that is, not glamorous at all. Sure, I have the freedom to wake up at 10:00 am everyday and traipse around Brooklyn armed with a carton of 27's, my laptop, and $8 for four cups of coffee and several bananas. A th
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It's Art Museum Day! Free Tix & Discounts in NYC
Today is Art Museum Day! The unofficial holiday means deals at art museums all over. In NYC, the American Folk Art Museum, Bronx Museum and Museum of Art & Design are all free. Click through for others.
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Origami v Morris: When Paper Folders Strike
In the latest who’s-suing-whom story, six origami artists have filed suit for copyright infringement against artist Sarah Morris for jacking their crease maps to use as a basis for her colorful Origami series of thirty seven paintings. My first thoughts: Morris cannot lose this one. We have mass-mar
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Watch: Ai Weiwei Documentarian Alison Klayman on Colbert Report
Director of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Alison Klayman hit the Colbert Report last night to talk about the Chinese artist's arrest and his current situation. Click through for the video clip.
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Seven Artists Meet Seven Technologists, But Who's Who?
Seven on Seven is an annual conference hosted by Rhizome and the New Museum that pairs seven artists together with seven technologists to collaborate on projects created in a 24-hour period. The event's second outing was last Saturday, May 14. The first question that came to my mind while attending
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Report from San Diego: Ai Weiwei, Sam Gilliam, Helen Pashgian
Prospect 2011 continues at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego until July 10, 2011
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Calling All Mail Artists, Exhibition on the Way
Seven weeks ago, Hyperallergic began collecting Mail Art for our Mail Art Bulletin [http://hyperallergic.com/tag/mail-art-bulletin/]. Now, we are super excited to announce a new leg of our Mail Art project! In tandem with Northside Open Studios, Hyperallergic will be curating a Mail Artshow from Jun
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Realism, Surrealism and Infographics at Williamsburg 2:ND Fridays
This past Friday May 13th marked Williamsburg 2:ND Fridays, a night of gallery openings and exhibition unveilings. I trekked around the neighborhood from the far north Causey Contemporary all the way down to Like the Spice gallery and checked out the shows. Here are my findings, in photo format.
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Mail Art Bulletin: It's All About the Envelope
It's only natural that some mail art should focus on the envelope as its an integral part of what "mail art" is. So, today we're posting a collection of envelopes we've received for the Mail Art Bulletin.
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What to Do This Weekend: Williamsburg Gallery Night, Man Bartlett, Su Friedrich, Seven on Seven
Can't figure out how to fill up your culture diet this weekend? We've got your back, with Williamsburg Gallery Night going down tonight and Man Bartlett's 140 hour-long Berlin performance streaming all weekend, plus Su Friedrich's MICROSCOPE Gallery opening and the Seven on Seven art-tech collaborat