by Whitney Kimball on August 2, 2012
Russian art collective and punk band Pussy Riot is this week’s target in Putin’s general, persistent crackdown on everything. Three of the collective’s ten members defended themselves against state charges of “hooliganism” when the case went on trial Monday, July 30th.
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by Paddy Johnson on November 28, 2011
Congratulations to Hyperallergic for landing The Art and Reality prize in Russia! Finalists included ourselves Openspace.ru (Russia), Rebel:Art (Germany) and Redbox Review (China).
According to a statement made on Sunday morning by juror Julia Kaganskiy, “writing being equal”, Hyperallergic edged out their competition by their cross-platform use of social media tools. Hyperallergic’s use of tumblr, facebook and twitter has proven impressive this past year, so this is an award well-won.
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