News, developments, and stirrings in the art world with host Hrag Vartanian, cofounder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic. For more, visit hyperallergic.com.

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Guantánamo Bay and the Art of Resistance

This August, journalist Moustafa Bayoumi broke the story that the first photo of a detainee in a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) black site had been declassified. It...

Lucy Lippard’s Life on the Frontlines of Art

When Lucy Lippard left New York City for the tiny village of Galisteo, New Mexico, some were shocked: How could this giant of 20th-century art criticism, this leader i...

Robber Barons, Marcel Duchamp, and Big Museums’ Dirty Little Secrets

In 1915, Marcel Duchamp bought a snow shovel at a hardware store in New York City. He inscribed his signature and the date on its wooden handle. On the evening this ep...

Silver Skeleton Deities and Political Mind Games: What’s Happening at the Venice Biennale?

The sports world may be on the edge of their seats as we draw close to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. But the “Olympics of the art world” is already well underway in Ital...

Shelley Niro's 500 Year Itch

Shelley Niro (Kanien’kehaka) grew up watching her father craft faux tomahawks to sell to tourists who flocked to her birthplace, Niagara Falls. In this episode of the ...

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