Hrag Vartanian

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From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Art Tourism Kitsch: Come See Our Copy of Whistler’s Mother?

August 26, 2009

Call Now & Air Your Dirty Laundry! 888-320-2427

August 24, 2009

Looking at MoMA’s “In & Out of Amsterdam”

August 20, 2009

A Renaissance Painting, A Baroque Drama & A Contemporary Blogger

August 20, 2009

A Young Christopher Columbus as Graffiti Artist

August 19, 2009

Name of Obama/Joker Artist (Kinda) Revealed by LA Times

August 18, 2009

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  • Hrag Vartanian is editor of Hyperallergic and a member of the Triangle Arts Association board.

    He's a Brooklyn-based writer, editor and art critic who has written extensively about street art, performance art, the internet and issues of multiculturalism. He maintains a tumblelog notebook, called “A Brooklyn Art Critic’s Notebook.” He tweets a lot.

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    His writings in the Art21 blog, the Brooklyn Rail, NYFA's Current, and the Huffington Post.


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    • + #TheSocialGraph social media art show, Nov 2010 (16+ photos)
    • + On Display exhibition, Aug 2010 (19 photos)
    • + Philip Johnson's Glass House Estate, New Canaan, Connecticut (26 photos)
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    • + Bushwick Open Studios 2008 (184 photos) 2007 (51 photos)
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