Hrag Vartanian is a writer, editor, curator and art critic based in New York. He has written extensively about street art, performance art, the Internet, issues of multiculturalism, and has contributed to numerous online and print publications. Vartanian is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Hyperallergic art blogazine. He has been invited as a guest commentator on Al Jazeera, WNYC and has been quoted in the New York Times, New York Observer, Daily News, El País, amongst others. He regularly lectures on the art world online, and he serves on the board of the Triangle Arts Association.