Hyperallergic

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

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117 episodes
Updated Jun 3, 2025

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Mar 22, 2019 · 29 min
A Museum Hires a Full-time Therapist
Is a museum visit just what the doctor ordered? In Montreal, medical professionals can prescribe you a museum visit to see the only full-time art therapist working in a museum on the continent.
Mar 7, 2019 · 39 min
Discussing Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
In a region often overlooked on the maps of modern art lovers, one man has made it his mission to inform the world.
Feb 28, 2019 · 52 min
Traveling Through the Uyghur Homeland with Lisa Ross
For 17 years, artist Lisa Ross has been documenting the lands of Western China that are home to Uyghurs, a population that is threatened today by the Chinese authorities.
Feb 15, 2019 · 33 min
Hyperallergic Editors Reflect on Warhol’s Superbowl Commercial, MoMA Expansion, and More
This week was a snowy one in Brooklyn, so Hyperallergic editors decided to gather and chat about some of the stories we've been reporting about.
Jan 24, 2019 · 28 min
Discussing the Sculptures of Richard Serra with Hal Foster
A new book of conversations between the noted artist and art historian captures a complex body of work that continues to challenge the conventions of sculpture.
Jan 10, 2019 · 43 min
The Political Life of Memes with An Xiao Mina
Memes are increasingly part of protest movements, but how do we understand their role and purpose? A new book helps us figure it out.
Dec 7, 2018 · 51 min
Lowery Stokes Sims and Chloë Bass Talk Empathy, Art, and Education
What does it mean to have empathy? How do we navigate difference? Can contemporary art contribute to our understanding of all this?
Nov 30, 2018 · 28 min
Didier William on Painting a Revolution
In his large two-part exhibition, the queer Haitian-American artist centers the body, which figures in his work both literally and figuratively.
Nov 15, 2018 · 47 min
Antwaun Sargent on Black Contemporary Art
From social media to mainstream publications, Sir Sargent (as he is know online) is dedicating himself to ensuring that Black voices in the art world are heard.
Nov 9, 2018 · 45 min
Carleton Watkins and Photography’s Romance with the American West
How do you tell the story of an artist whose archive was destroyed? Tyler Green’s new book focuses on a major figure in the early history of photography.
Nov 1, 2018 · 41 min
The Book Object as Exhibition, an Interview with Dayanita Singh
We talk to Singh her discontent with photography that simply exist on the walls of art galleries and museums, and why she prefers to create objects that she conceives as mini-exhibition.
Oct 25, 2018 · 51 min
The Artist as Lawyer, an Interview with Sergio Sarmiento about Art Law
Sergio Sarmiento went to law school as an art project, but now he is an authority on the burgeoning field of art law. We talk copyright, contracts, Richard Prince, Sam Durant, Banksy, and a lot of other things.
Oct 12, 2018 · 57 min
Linda Nochlin Explores the Role of Women in the Arts in a Previously Unaired Interview
In this extensive interview from a year before groundbreaking feminist art history Nochlin passed away, we talk to her about women in the art world, particularly in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Oct 4, 2018 · 32 min
YO, Deborah Kass!
Artist Deborah Kass’s “OY/YO” (2015) is a Brooklyn favorite, and now the eight-foot tall public art work is landing in front of the Brooklyn Museum, and we ask her what the work is really about.
Sep 27, 2018 · 23 min
How the #MeToo Movement Has Impacted the Performing Arts
This month's American Theatre magazine is full of stories of sexual assault in the performing arts. We talk to Senior Editor Diep Tran about the impact of #MeToo on the theatre scene.
Sep 20, 2018 · 1 hr 17 min
What Does a Black Radical Art Education Look Like?
The Black School talks to Hyperallergic about the role of radical Black education and the "Black art world," in a special interview that comes on the heels of their residency and exhibition at New York's New Museum.
Sep 13, 2018 · 47 min
What the Hell Are McMansions and Why Do They Exist?
McMansions are the houses many of us love to hate, and we invited Kate Wagner, aka McMansion Hell, to talk oversized buildings of wealth and status and what they all mean.
Sep 6, 2018 · 37 min
The Rebel Women of 19th-Century New York
A new exhibition explores the “Rebel Women” of 19th-century New York, and we talk to curator Marcela Micucci to discover the stories of these largely forgotten figures. And then we talk to critic Paddy Johnson and artist William Powhida, co-hosts of the E
Aug 30, 2018 · 44 min
Is the Art World Ready for the Sanctuary Movement?
This week we talk to Abou Farman, artist and anthropologist at the New School, and Raquel de Anda, director of public engagement at No Longer Empty, about their recent efforts to educate New York City cultural leaders about the needs of immigrant communit
Aug 24, 2018 · 1 hr 17 min
Who Was Artist David Wojnarowicz?
Last month, a dozen activists gathered at the Whitney Museum to condemn the institution’s lack of modern context about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in relation to Wojnarowicz’s artwork. In this episode we talk to Wojnarowicz biographer Cynthia Carr who helps nar

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A Museum Hires a Full-time Therapist

Discussing Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Traveling Through the Uyghur Homeland with Lisa Ross

Hyperallergic Editors Reflect on Warhol’s Superbowl Commercial, MoMA Expansion, and More

Discussing the Sculptures of Richard Serra with Hal Foster

The Political Life of Memes with An Xiao Mina

Lowery Stokes Sims and Chloë Bass Talk Empathy, Art, and Education

Didier William on Painting a Revolution

Antwaun Sargent on Black Contemporary Art

Carleton Watkins and Photography’s Romance with the American West

The Book Object as Exhibition, an Interview with Dayanita Singh

The Artist as Lawyer, an Interview with Sergio Sarmiento about Art Law

Linda Nochlin Explores the Role of Women in the Arts in a Previously Unaired Interview

YO, Deborah Kass!

How the #MeToo Movement Has Impacted the Performing Arts

What Does a Black Radical Art Education Look Like?

What the Hell Are McMansions and Why Do They Exist?

The Rebel Women of 19th-Century New York

Is the Art World Ready for the Sanctuary Movement?

Who Was Artist David Wojnarowicz?