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Opinion

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.

Opinion

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!

Opinion

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.

Opinion

Required Reading

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.

Interview

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.

Opinion

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.

Opinion

O Arts Donors Where Art Thou?

Where are the arts donors and why aren't they pressuring Washington?

Art

Art Rx

This week, the doctor wants you to travel. From the Upper East Side to the art-borhood of Ridgewood, Queens, you have a long way to go before you get over whatever it is you have.