Hrag Vartanian

Critic, Curator, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Hyperallergic

Critic, Curator, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Hyperallergic

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ADL Takes First Step to Full “Armenian Genocide” Recognition

August 22, 2007 by Hrag

The ADL has finally accepted the fact of the Armenian Genocide, which was transmitted to the world via an awkward statement released today. By the way, why say “tantamount to genocide” and not just say it was genocide? Unfortunately, the ADL fell short of giving its support to the Armenian Genocide resolution before the US […]

Filed Under: American, Armenian, diaspora, human rights

An Urban Hospital in Istanbul

August 21, 2007 by Hrag

A thesis project by Andrew Witt from Harvard. Organized around the principles of cellular growth, Witt’s hospital plan utilizes different schemes for generating architectural forms at many different scales. Currently being exhibited at Storefront for Art & Architecture.

Filed Under: American, art news

ADL Continues to Deny Armenian Genocide

August 21, 2007 by Hrag

My past posts on the topic:  “Fire Foxman” Movement Gaining Momentum (August 15, 2007)  ADL Turns Blind Eye to Armenian Genocide (August 2, 2007) Here’s what the ADL line I’ve pointed to above hyperlinked to–the text of the ADL’s fancy worded ad that will appear in two Boston-area papers this week & the PDF of […]

Filed Under: American, Armenian, diaspora, human rights

Fortune-teller

August 20, 2007 by Hrag

 thanks Debra

Filed Under: photography, pop culture

The Armenian flavor of West Asian Photography

August 19, 2007 by Hrag

Last year’s YEAR OF ARMENIA in France, called “Arménie, mon amie” (Armenia, my friend), was a coup for Armenian cultural awareness in the West…well, at least in Europe. One of the most interesting exhibits from the French festivities, and there were tons of crappy ones judging by the web, was the Armenian photography show at […]

Filed Under: Armenian, art criticism, art news, photography

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