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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: an art analysis assignment gets a teacher suspended, new reality TV show allegedly glorifies 'grave-robbing,' and Justin Bieber climbs a Mayan ruin and pulls his pants down.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Joel Goodman's photograph of British New Year's revelers went viral, a representative of Beyoncé denied that the singer is planning to star in a biopic on Saartjie Baartman, and 30 museums in Southern California will offer free admission on January 30.
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Artist Orlan Tries Again to Sue Lady Gaga for Plagiarism
Two years ago, French artist Orlan sued pop star Lady Gaga in French court for plagiarism over the singer's cover art for her 2011 album Born this Way and the eponymous, award-winning music video.
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Ancient Phallus Carving Gets Public Exposure After Two Decades as Garden Ornament
A carving of a phallus in a rock would probably seem like the handiwork of a bored youth today, but such imagery was especially common in ancient Greece and Rome as a symbol of good luck rather than a sexual reference.
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Photographer Sues Artist Richard Prince, Larry Gagosian, and His Gallery
A new lawsuit greets Richard Prince in the new year. Following the appropriation artist's unauthorized use in 2014 of a picture of a Rastafarian smoking, its photographer, Donald Graham, is now suing Prince.
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Famous Painters Did Not Do Their Best Work While Grieving, Study Says
The trope of the tortured artist is a persistent one, dating back at least to Aristotle’s time.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Jackie Chan's sculptures in Taiwan, Abe Lincoln's hand goes missing from Illinois museum, and an advertising student claims an agency ripped off his poster design.
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Ancient Egyptian Shrines, Once Thought Destroyed, Reveal Six New Statues
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has discovered six rock cut statues inside two adjoining shrines, previously believed to be completely destroyed by an earthquake that shook the region centuries ago.
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Prominent Members of Turkey's Arts Community Released After Arrest at Peace March
After days in detention, leading members of the arts community in Turkey, and members of the peace initiative “Barış İçin Yürüyorum (I Am Walking For Peace),” were released following their December 31 arrest in Sur, Turkey.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Egyptian authorities raided a nonprofit gallery in Cairo, Ai Weiwei visited migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, and preservationists criticized the Smithsonian for placing bright new signs on the façade of one of its historical buildings.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Egyptian authorities raided a nonprofit gallery in Cairo, Ai Weiwei visited migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, and preservationists criticized the Smithsonian for placing bright new signs on the façade of one of its historical buildings.
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The Most Popular Hyperallergic Posts of 2015
We combed our stats to discover what the most popular stories of the year, and we discovered a good mix of news, commentary, reviews, satire, and interviews. In other words, what Hyperallergic is all about.