Causes to Celebrate: Hyperallergic

Are you looking for some of the latest art news?  Interested in all the arts?  Do you feel like there isn't enough coverage of art from minorities?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, Hyperallergic is the site for you.

I came across their reporting last year, though I can't remember the reason.  Perhaps it was a photo, or a story about artists using their talents to promote the protest movements against police violence.  Whatever the case may have been, I signed up for their weekly newsletter and was pleasantly surprised to find myself wandering through the articles and reading through the obituaries.  It was like a whole new world had opened up for me--a new aspect of learning that I hadn't known I needed.  They also offer a monthly post for various arts-related competitions--something I highly recommend to any aspiring artists.

I want to include their About write up here, because I think it's important to understand the inspiration for this website as their views are something I believe to be indispensable.

Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents

Hyperallergic is a leading voice in contemporary perspectives on art, culture, and more. The online publication was founded by the husband-and-husband team, Veken Gueyikian and Hrag Vartanian, in 2009 as a forum for playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art in society. With over one million visitors monthly, Hyperallergic combines round-the-clock art world news coverage with insightful commentary.

Challenging the art world status quo, Hyperallergic goes beyond the surface to investigate the inner workings of art institutions and markets, shedding light on the movements and individuals fighting for greater inclusion and representation. With hundreds of global contributors, Hyperallergic is a constant source for the latest in film, visual art, books, and performances around the world.

Or their more succinct:

Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

I especially love the fact that they are inclusive to all kinds of art--not just paintings and galleries, but books, and plays, music, and film.  They also host a podcast that offers insight into some of the latest trends and topics in the art-sphere.

If you're looking for somewhere that isn't full of all the hype and "newsworthy" latest on the arts, but is full of necessary and significant art news, I can't think of a better place to find it.  And that is why today I am happy to focus on Hyperallergic as a cause worth celebrating.