Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian (Armenian: Հրակ Վարդանեան) was born in Aleppo, Syria,[1] raised in Toronto, Canada, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a writer,[2] critic[3] and curator[4] who regularly contributes to AGBU News Magazine, Ararat Magazine,[5] and other publications. He has also contributed to numerous online and print publications, including the Art21 blog,[6] Boldtype, The Brooklyn Rail,[7] Huffington Post,[8] and NYFA Current.[9]
He is currently Director of Communications at AGBU, the world's largest Armenian non-profit organization. Vartanian was a staunch supporter of the controversial Hide/Seek exhibit which was censored by the Smithsonian.[10] Vartanian is co-founder of the influential art blog Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic was founded by Vartanian and his husband Veken Gueyikian.[11]
Writings
- “Is Contemporary Architecture a PR Panacea for Autocrats? Western Architectural Ethics & Undemocratic Nations“ in Brooklyn Rail (September 2008)[12]
- “The Very Public Life of Street Art” in Brooklyn Rail (May 2008)[13]
- "Peter Sourian" from "Forgotten Bread: First Generation Armenian-American Writers" edited by David Kherdian (Berkeley, CA: Heyday books, 2007) [14]
- "An Imaginary Armenian Canadian Homeland: Gariné Torossian’s Dialogue with Egoyan" from Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan edited by Monique Tschofen and Jennifer Burwell (Waterloo, ON: Wildred Laurier University Press, 2006).[15]
- Bushwick Open Studios featuring artists: Andrew Ohanesian, Tescia Seufferlein, Andrew Cornell Robinson, Richard Martinez.
- "Schwierige Wahrheiten: Die Schriftstellerin Nancy Kricorian (The Will to Resist: A Portrait of Nancy Kricorian)," in Porträt einer Hoffnung Die Armenier edited by Huberta von Voss (Verlag Hans Schiller, 2004). English edition [16]
- "New York Life Recognizes Genocide Era Insurance Claims," AGBU Magazine (April 2004).[17]
- "Nazi Style Wars," The Brooklyn Rail (October 2003).[18]
- "Curating on the Margins," The Brooklyn Rail (Winter 2003).[19]
- "Artist Biographies," The Clement Greenberg Collection (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2001).
- FutureHype/Kitabet, edited by Carmen Donabedian & Hrag Vartanian (Beirut: Haigazian University, 1998).
- "Chine Drive: An Arts & Crafts Community," in The Stuff Dreams are Made of: The Art and Design of Frederick and Louise Coates (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1997).
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