Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian (Armenian: Հրակ Վարդանեան) is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the arts blog Hyperallergic. He is a writer, critic and curator.

Vartanian was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Hyperallergic was founded by Vartanian and his husband Veken Gueyikian in October 2009 as a "forum for serious, playful and radical thinking".

Vartanian has contributed to numerous online and print publications including the Art:21 blog, Boldtype, The Brooklyn Rail,Huffington Post,AGBU News Magazine, Ararat Magazine, and NYFA Current. He has guest contributed to Al Jazeera,NPR, ABC, and WNYC.

He was formerly 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.

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