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Art

Hacking God

Last Saturday night was show-and-tell at the New York incarnation of Art Hack Day, which took place at 319 Scholes in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the treasures unearthed during the three-day hack-a-thon were on full display.

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Required Reading

This week, MoMA's Rauschenberg/Johns closet, Libeskind rails against autocrat-serving architects, Piero della Francesca at the Frick, Dalí's curious 1958 interview with Mike Wallace, Cory Arcangel in The New Yorker, and more.

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Art21 Exclusive Video: The Heroines of Margaret Kilgallen

This Art21 video of Margaret Kilgallen is particularly special because it features some previously unheard interview footage with the late painter.

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Hyperallergic Teams Up with Art21 to Celebrate 100 Artists

Art21 is celebrating. The arts nonprofit has hit an amazing milestone of 100 artists who have appeared to date on the first six seasons of their Peabody Award-winning documentary series Art in the Twenty-First Century.

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Required Reading

This week, Banksy dramas, Sou Fujimoto's cloud-like Serpentine Pavilion, a queer history of computing, improv doesn't pay, claims of discrimination at the El Museo del Barrio, and more.

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I Dare You Not to Be Impressed By This Tool for 3D Drawing

How can you not be impressed with a project that promises a pen that can draw in the air?

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Required Reading

This week, Leonardo gets digitalize at the British Museum, Abramović on the value of discipline, Piero della Francesco in America, sustainable architecture, and more.

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Pattern Recognition: Seven Bushwick/Ridgewood Shows

For those who love the vibrant art scene of Bushwick and its younger sister in Queens, Ridgewood, it is a good time to venture through the area's galleries to see a wide range of work that is sure to inspire and provoke conversation. These are seven shows that are worth a look.

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Emoji Art History [UPDATED]

Ah, the simplicity of it all. A simple tumblelog post has evolved into a Twitter meme simply named #emojiarthistory.

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This week, Michelangelo goes to jail, the story behind a famous Vietnam War photo, Richard Arschwager dies, the art market is evil, China's art market has shrunk, and more.

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What People Are Saying About George W. Bush's Bathroom Paintings

It should be expected that anything related to George W. Bush and art will generate discussion, so we couldn't wait to see the comments from the netizenry about the latest Presidential Sunday painter.

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Do Bush's Paintings Tell Us Anything About the Former President?

Thanks to a hacker with the odd sounding handle of Guccifer (Lucifer of Gucci?) we have all been blessed with a glimpse of the artistic private life of former US President George W. Bush. Guccifer tapped into various Bush emails from the period of 2009–2012, which included private correspondence and