''Hyperallergic'' is an online arts magazine, based in

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, New York. Founded by the art critic

Hrag Vartanian Hrag Vartanian ( hy, Հրակ Վարդանեան)(born ) is an Armenian-American arts writer, art critic, and art curator. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the arts online magazine, '' Hyperallergic''. Life and work Vartanian was born ...

and his husband Veken Gueyikian in October 2009, the site describes itself as a "forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking".

Publisher

''Hyperallergic'' is published by Veken Gueyikian.

Reception

Hyperallergic LABS, its

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blog, was named by ''

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'' magazine as one of the "30 Tumblrs to Follow in 2013". ''

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'' critic

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has described the site as "infectiously ill-tempered".

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of the ''

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'' has also praised the site, crediting it with a revival in popular

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. The publication was cited by the

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blog as one of "100 Websites You Should Know and Use" in 2007. In 2018, ''

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'' published an article outlining how ''Hyperallergic'' came to rival print art journalism, in which Sarah Douglas, the

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editor in chief, said that ''Hyperallergic'' had reinvigorated art criticism.Mary Louise Schumacher
"Hyperallergic, at Age 9, Rivals the Arts Journalism of Legacy Media: The online outline was ranked highly in a survey of 300 arts journalists"
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'', May 24, 2018

Staff

*Co-Editor-in-chief & co-founder: Hrag Vartanian *Co-Editor-in-chief: Valentina Di Liscia *News editor: Hakim Bishara *Editor: Natalie Haddad *Editor: Dan Schindel *Editor:

Albert Mobilio Albert Mobilio is an American poet and critic. He teaches at Eugene Lang College, the liberal arts college of The New School university. His work appears in '' Bomb'', '' Salon'', ''Postmodern Culture'', '' Harper's''. He is co-editor of ''Bookforu ...

*Editor: Thomas Micchelli *Editor: John Yau *Poetry editor: Wendy Xu *Editorial coordinator: Lakshmi Rivera Amin *Staff Writer: Jasmine Liu *Staff Writer: Elaine Velie *Marketing Manager: Alexandra Bowditch *Marketing Coordinator: Shari Flores *Ad Ops Coordinator: Kristina Chang

Contributing writers

*Dorian Batycka *Monica Castillo *Alexander Cavaluzzo *Bedatri D. Choudhury *

Alicia Eler Alicia Eler (born 1984) is a visual art critic and reporter at the '' Star Tribune'' in Minneapolis. Eler's cultural criticism and reporting are published in ''The Guardian'', ''Glamour'', '' New York'' magazine, CNN, '' LA Weekly'', ''Chicago Tr ...

*Lucas Fagen *Daniel Gerwin *Edward M. Gomez *Alissa Guzman *Anthony Hawley *Daniel Larkin *Megan N. Liberty *Colony Little *Kirsten O'Regan *Elisa Wouk Almino *Ellie Duke *

Joseph Nechvatal Joseph Nechvatal (born January 15, 1951) is an American post-conceptual digital artist and Aesthetics, art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses. Life and work ...

*Cassie Packard *Michael Press *Lauren Purje *Laura Raicovich *Renée Reizman *Christine Ro *Seph Rodney *

Barry Schwabsky Barry Schwabsky (b. Paterson, New Jersey, in 1957) is an American art critic, art historian and poet. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College, among others. Art ...

*John Seed *Mark Sheerin *Jack Sjogren * Melissa Stern *Matt Stromberg *Ben Valentine *Jasmine Weber

References

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* {{italic title Visual arts magazines published in the United States Online magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2009 Internet properties established in 2009 Magazines published in New York City 2009 establishments in New York City