Hrag Vartanian

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This week, critics weigh in on the new Barnes Foundation museum in central Philadelphia … and in other non-Barnes-related links … discotecture, progressive architectural ideas and the voice of Rene Magritte.

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BravinLee Programs in Chelsea has one of the most eye-popping shows currently on display in the city’s art galleries … and it’s from the man who brought us such cult classics as Blade Runner (1982), Aliens (1986) and Tron (1982).

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Post image for It's Time for Recess: A Unique Nonprofit You Need to Know About

It’s hard to believe that Recess Art, the Soho-based nonprofit, is only three years old and has already made significant waves in the city’s art scene as a place where artists are free to explore process in every which way. “It’s a space where you realize projects you can’t realize anywhere else,” founder and executive director Allison Weisberg says, and she really means it.

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Post image for At Last Night's Tom Sachs Opening: Kanye, Robert Irwin and Space Travel

An animated GIF tells you what you need to know from last night’s Creative Time party.

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Post image for Video Candy: A History of John Baldessari as Narrated by Tom Waits

Artist John Baldessari asked Tom Waits to narrate his short history and it’s pretty funny.

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Post image for OMG…Now I Know: How to Protect Your Antique Statues During an Earthquake

The Getty Museum has come up with a video to demonstrate how to save your precious sculptures during an earthquake. Thanks, Getty!

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Post image for Graffiti Writer Gets Pwnd by Marc Jacobs

You have to wonder if something is edgy anymore if a fashion label can quickly flip the “transgression” into merchandise within a few days. Case in point … Kidult v. Marc Jacobs.

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ReactorWeekend

Required Reading

by Hrag Vartanian on May 13, 2012

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This week, face recognition software may help art historians solve mysteries, Picasso’s lover gets a Gagosian show, the New Aesthetic debate continues, the French elections and art, street art in Houston, Kiki Smith interviews Jenny Holzer and more.

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Post image for Six Questions for Mira Schor About Text and Image

Painter, author and critic Mira Schor’s current show at Marvelli Gallery delves into the world of language. The show is titled Voice and Speech, but there’s an erie silence to these works.

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Post image for A New Possible Lead in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft [UPDATED]

The Hartford Courant reports that one of the world’s great unsolved art thefts may have a new lead.

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