Hyperallergic

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

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Updated Jun 3, 2025

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The State of the Union at the Museum of Modern Art
Members of MoMA’s biggest union have been working over 80 days without a contract, and we ask them to explain what’s going on.
Aug 10, 2018 · 28 min
Hearing from the Artist Behind Anonymous Was a Woman
We talk to Susan Unterberg, the person behind the mysterious Anonymous Was a Woman foundation that gives $25,000 — no strings attached — to female artists over 40. And then we talk about a boxing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum that’s worth a look.
Aug 2, 2018 · 23 min
How Contemporary Female Artists Are Grappling with Sexual Violence in Their Work
Curator Monika Fabijanska talks about her The Un-Heroic Act: Representations of Rape in Contemporary Women's Art in the US exhibition, and arts journalist Barbara Pollack chats about her new book on an emerging generation of Chinese contemporary artists.
Jul 27, 2018 · 27 min
The Birth of the Dumpling Emoji
This episode features Jennifer 8 Lee, who fought to add a dumpling emoji 🥟to everyone’s keyboard.
Jul 20, 2018 · 21 min
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker on the Power of Art, Inequality, and Detroit
Hyperallergic's editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian talks to Ford Foundation President Darren Walker about the public's interest in scrutinizing institutional authority, Walker's own love of art, and the renovations at the Foundation's building, and also discu
Nov 9, 2017 · 35 min
Egyptian Surrealism and the Quest to Define Modern Egyptian Art
Hyperallergic travels to Cairo to see one of the new wave of exhibitions that are reintroducing Egyptian modern art, particularly related to the Art and Liberty group (often referred to as Egyptian Surrealism), to a wider audience.
Jan 5, 2017 · 19 min
Marilyn Minter and Xaviera Simmons Talk Art, Sex, and American Democracy
Artists Marilyn Minter and Xaviera Simmons both have solo shows up in New York this month. We invited them to chat with Hyperallergic's editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian about sex, art, gender inequality, Planned Parenthood, and the election.
Dec 22, 2016 · 21 min
A Conversation with Mega-collector Don Rubell
Hyperallergic's Editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian speaks to mega-collector Don Rubell of the Rubell Family Collection about decades of collecting and establishing one of the biggest collections of contemporary art in the world.
Dec 9, 2016 · 33 min
The Roles of Art and Artists at the Pipeline Protests in North Dakota
In the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Stadning Rock, North Dakota, there is a prominent art tent area. Dozens of artists and volunteers are silkscreening and producing work among the thousands of waterprotectors and their allies, which have arrived to stop the Dak
Dec 3, 2016 · 1 hr 5 min
Artists Rebecca Nagle and Graci Horne Help Women Confront Sexual Violence at Standing Rock
Native American women grapple with the highest rates of sexual violence in the United States and two Native American artists, Rebecca Nagle and Graci Horne, have traveled to Standing Rock to create a Healing Tent and to work on their Monument Quilt projec
Dec 2, 2016 · 33 min
A Report from Standing Rock, Where Artists Listen, Learn, Inspire, and Heal
Hyperallergic traveled to Oceti Sekowin Camp at Standing Rock, where thousands of water protectors and their allies are trying to stop the multi-billionaire dollar Dakota Access Pipeline, which is being pushed by the government and major oil companies. We
Nov 30, 2016 · 20 min
Curator and Art Historian Kellie Jones
Curator and art historian Kellie Jones is the guest for our latest episode. A 2016 McArthur Fellow, Jones is a lifelong New Yorker and an associate professor at Columbia University. She spoke to Hyperallergic about her work, life, and the evolving world o
Oct 18, 2016 · 24 min
Brazil's Inhotim and the Legacy of Tropicália
The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff and the current economic crisis will have a long-lasting impact on the country, including on one of the largest open-air contemporary art collections in the world.
Oct 10, 2016 · 24 min
Women of Abstract Expressionism
Why were women excluded from the art movement that has come to represent some of the best of 20th century American art? The answer may be rather complicated and Hyperallergic’s editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian interviews “Women Of Abstract Expressionism” ex
Jul 25, 2016 · 24 min
Hank WIllis Thomas and Eric Gottesman on For Freedoms Super PAC
In the third episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast, we talk to artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman about the For Freedoms Super PAC, which promises to shake things up during the 2016 US Presidential election by inviting artists to reflect on impo
Jun 6, 2016 · 20 min
Tania Bruguera, Mariam Ghani, Queens International
Our second podcast focuses on New York's borough of Queens, which is becoming a growing hub of artistic activity in the city. We talk to Tania Bruguera about her Immigrant Movement International project in Queens and her experience in Cuba, then we chat w
May 30, 2016 · 22 min
Marrakech Biennial 6
Our inaugural podcast sends our editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian to Morocco to visit the 6th Marrakech Biennial curated by Reem Fadda. There are interviews with the curator and artists Haig Aivazian (Lebanon) and Dineo Seshee Bopape (South Africa), as well
May 4, 2016 · 16 min

Hyperallergic

The State of the Union at the Museum of Modern Art

Hearing from the Artist Behind Anonymous Was a Woman

How Contemporary Female Artists Are Grappling with Sexual Violence in Their Work

The Birth of the Dumpling Emoji

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker on the Power of Art, Inequality, and Detroit

Egyptian Surrealism and the Quest to Define Modern Egyptian Art

Marilyn Minter and Xaviera Simmons Talk Art, Sex, and American Democracy

A Conversation with Mega-collector Don Rubell

The Roles of Art and Artists at the Pipeline Protests in North Dakota

Artists Rebecca Nagle and Graci Horne Help Women Confront Sexual Violence at Standing Rock

A Report from Standing Rock, Where Artists Listen, Learn, Inspire, and Heal

Curator and Art Historian Kellie Jones

Brazil's Inhotim and the Legacy of Tropicália

Women of Abstract Expressionism

Hank WIllis Thomas and Eric Gottesman on For Freedoms Super PAC

Tania Bruguera, Mariam Ghani, Queens International

Marrakech Biennial 6