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Artists Go Hollywood: The Movie Posters

  • by Tim McCool on April 12, 2010

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by Tim McCool on April 12, 2010

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The impressive performance of Ed Harris in Pollock is the first thing that pops into my head when I think about the intersection of fine art and film. However, there are many more examples of Hollywood getting all creative and artsy … And so I say to Hollywood: Enough. Let’s branch out, diversify, and push our art flicks into some exciting new genres …

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Spencer Tunick, Terence Koh, Francesco Vezzoli…Does Lady Gaga Need An Art Teacher?

  • by Hrag Vartanian on February 23, 2010

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by Hrag Vartanian on February 23, 2010

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The age of celebrity art has dawned and no one is a better example of that high-end marriage between the haves and the haves than pop singer Lady Gaga. It has been a long time coming for the maven of the dancefloor, whose every move feels like a tribute to 1990s club kid culture. Yet, her recent collaborations with Francesco Vezzoli and Terence Koh raises the question, does she desperately need an art teacher?

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Best of the Aughts: The 11 Best Headlines for a Delusional Decade

  • by The Editors on January 25, 2010

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by The Editors on January 25, 2010

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We were recently deleting our hard drives from the aughts in an effort to upload everything into the cloud and we found these gems among the files. We almost forgot these things happened … oh wait, did they? Who remembers.

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