Hrag Vartanian
@hrag.bsky.social
Art Critic Futurist 🧬 Editor-at-large, cofounder of Hyperallergic 🗽 Aleppo born, Toronto raised, Brooklyn based
I tweet about a lot of stuff because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
I tweet about a lot of stuff because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
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
I love Canada geese so much. Beautiful birds.
September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I love Canada geese so much. Beautiful birds.
This photo is from 2012 and I can still feel the joy I felt encountering this in public.
August 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This photo is from 2012 and I can still feel the joy I felt encountering this in public.
Took @veken.bsky.social out for his birthday brunch. Nothing like spoiling someone you love so much.
August 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Took @veken.bsky.social out for his birthday brunch. Nothing like spoiling someone you love so much.
Our building super loves to make flags 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇵🇸 🇧🇷 🇮🇹 🇯🇲
July 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our building super loves to make flags 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇵🇸 🇧🇷 🇮🇹 🇯🇲
Morning birdie (looks like a Northern Mockingbird)
July 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Morning birdie (looks like a Northern Mockingbird)