Hrag Vartanian
@hrag.bsky.social
Art Critic Futurist 🧬 Editor-at-large, cofounder of @Hyperallergic.com 🗽 Aleppo born, Toronto raised, Brooklyn based w/ @veken.bsky.social
I tweet about art and politics because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
I tweet about art and politics because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
I bet a lot of people can related to this poem. lithub.com/they-descend...
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I bet a lot of people can related to this poem. lithub.com/they-descend...
I’m loving the vertical graffiti trend that has taken over the city.
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’m loving the vertical graffiti trend that has taken over the city.
If you’re curious, what was in their baskets …
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you’re curious, what was in their baskets …
People don’t talk about the molasses children as much as they should. They were strangely mundane, but influence the experience so much.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People don’t talk about the molasses children as much as they should. They were strangely mundane, but influence the experience so much.
The details were amazing.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The details were amazing.
This give you a sense of the scale.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This give you a sense of the scale.
It’s amazing to me how much influence that project by Kara Walker has had. I’m lucky to have seen it, but I still have a very mixed feelings about it because of its role in the development of the Domino site. This is one of my photos from the project.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It’s amazing to me how much influence that project by Kara Walker has had. I’m lucky to have seen it, but I still have a very mixed feelings about it because of its role in the development of the Domino site. This is one of my photos from the project.
Spotted in a subway station
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Spotted in a subway station
When I asked him to pose with it, he ended up activating the installation, which features bells too (look closely). A nice surprise.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When I asked him to pose with it, he ended up activating the installation, which features bells too (look closely). A nice surprise.
Kader Attiah’s “Resonance” (2025) at Lehmann Maupin gallery, and it just opened this week.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kader Attiah’s “Resonance” (2025) at Lehmann Maupin gallery, and it just opened this week.
Same. This was just WOW! 😮
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Same. This was just WOW! 😮
Artist Pyaari Azadi has my mantra for today, and this is in her spectacular solo show at Pen & Brush gallery in Manhattan
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Artist Pyaari Azadi has my mantra for today, and this is in her spectacular solo show at Pen & Brush gallery in Manhattan
Saarinen’s Gateway Arch (completed 1965) is far more beautiful than I expected. Stainless steel is 🧊
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Saarinen’s Gateway Arch (completed 1965) is far more beautiful than I expected. Stainless steel is 🧊
A sweet moment during last night’s performance by St Louis-native Larry Krone at the Circus of Life
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A sweet moment during last night’s performance by St Louis-native Larry Krone at the Circus of Life
The Anselm Kiefer show at the St Louis Art Museum includes some truly massive paintings that required huge armatures to keep them vertical.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Anselm Kiefer show at the St Louis Art Museum includes some truly massive paintings that required huge armatures to keep them vertical.
Bread and Puppets always bringing the juice to their shows.
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Bread and Puppets always bringing the juice to their shows.
I did a zine project for a college museum show on street art back in 2015 and I still think about revisiting it. It was a fun thing to explore in print, as I released new pages every week from my trips around the world. www.concretetodata.com/artists/hrag...
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I did a zine project for a college museum show on street art back in 2015 and I still think about revisiting it. It was a fun thing to explore in print, as I released new pages every week from my trips around the world. www.concretetodata.com/artists/hrag...
A video tour of the large glass "Fourth of July in Venice Fog" (2018).
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A video tour of the large glass "Fourth of July in Venice Fog" (2018).
There were no hate crimes reported in NYC the week of Sept 1–7, a big drop from the previous year. compstat.nypdonline.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There were no hate crimes reported in NYC the week of Sept 1–7, a big drop from the previous year. compstat.nypdonline.org
Another moment in the ~40 minute performance
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Another moment in the ~40 minute performance
I went to see eagleswitheyesclosed and Tanya Lukin Linklater’s “buffalounit” for “bison bison (dance_hum for dirtbath)” which is part of Duane Linklater: 12 + 2 at Dia:Chelsea. The movements echoed bison and seasonal transformation. It was very vulnerable and moving.
September 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I went to see eagleswitheyesclosed and Tanya Lukin Linklater’s “buffalounit” for “bison bison (dance_hum for dirtbath)” which is part of Duane Linklater: 12 + 2 at Dia:Chelsea. The movements echoed bison and seasonal transformation. It was very vulnerable and moving.
A short list of findings
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A short list of findings