Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, the American republic empire republic was founded on the US Constitution, hell, even Apple had a “founding document” but the legacy of the “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade may be decided by two scratchy letters written late last year to his lover in a script that makes you wonder if he was drunk, drugged or ejaculating at the time.
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This week, an unfinished masterpiece, artists on Facebook, Guggenheim’s free online catalogues, Okwui Enwezor lectures on art and civic imagination, Russian space, nasty ancient graffiti and much more …
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Street art enthusiasts seem to have a thing for destructive fanaticism, but I’m not sure they realize how destructive it can be. They exuberantly consume the latest street artworks like hungry piranhas, hyping the artist and his products until there’s nothing left but an embarrassing skeleton. They get inexplicably ramped up about artists who have produced one provocative wheatpaste or had a single clever idea.
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Watch an Artist Have a Meltdown and Destroy a Canvas With Panache
The Whitney Museum's New Logo Goes Nowhere
Watch Out, Art World: Amazon Is About to Start Selling Art
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The Bermuda Triangle of Art
Beer with a Painter: John Walker
The Nazi Ties of Joseph Beuys
A View from the Easel
Overheard in the Art World
No Supper for You! Ai Weiwei Goes Heavy Metal
