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Attack of the Ronald Reagan Statues
It's the centennial of the birth of the 40th US President, Ronald Reagan, and coast to coast statues of the Old Gipper are making news but for very different reasons.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the lowdown on Mark di Suvero's radical history, Terry Richardson's parents, street art in Cairo, Miami and without spray paint, word clouds and some erotic Austrian art of yesteryear … and some other great links.
News
Admitted to UNESCO Palestinians Reveal World Heritage Wish List
On Monday, Palestinians were finally admitted to the cultural body of the United Nations, UNESCO, as a full member. The move, which ignited the ire of the United States and Israel, allows the Palestinian government to apply for historic monuments and locations to be classified as World Heritage Site
Opinion
Guggenheim's Mind-blowing Maurizio Cattelan Installation
We knew Mauricio Cattelan's retrospective at New York's Guggenheim was going to be an attention grabber, but the installation tweeted today by the museum demonstrates that the curatorial team has taken the idea to a whole different level.
Performance
Scandinavian Duo Provides Meta Start to Performa 2011
Tuesday night's premiere of Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset's "Happy Days in the Art World" at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts kicked off this year's Performa "new visual art performance biennial." A commissioned work, the piece was clearly a work of theatre and not performance art,
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North Brooklyn Is Going Vertical
If you thought the recession stopped the architectural boomtown that is North Brooklyn, then you'll have to think again. If Bushwick is getting all the buzz because of the art-borhood that is sprouting up there, the experiments in architectural verticality are happening a little west in Williamsburg
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Pollock Print Sets New Record at NY Auction
We posted about the Abstract Expressionist print auction last week at Swann Auction House in New York and today we learn that Jackson Pollock's "Untitled" (c.1944-45), set a print record for the artist.
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Ai Weiwei Told to Pay $2.3 Million for "Tax Evasion," New Exhibition Opens in Taiwan
After having been released on bail in June, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei received a notice today from Chinese authorities that indicates he owes $2.3 million (15 million yuan) for "tax evasion."
Opinion
Is that a Donald Judd or Cheap Furniture?
An age-old question we've pondering endlessly is now an online quiz by Graydon Parrish and Mikhail Simkin over at Reverent Entertainment.
Opinion
#OWS Still Debating Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero's "Joie de Vivre" has inadvertently found itself in the middle of the biggest protest movement in America today and not everyone likes it. Now a small spat on on the sculpture itself raises some questions.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Occupy art, Picasso abodes, an artist on Iraq, UK art blogs, lo-fi pics and working as a culture industry serf.
News
Turkish Earthquake Damages Historic Sites, Including 10th C Armenian Church
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that shook Turkey on Sunday and killed 535 while leaving 50,000 homeless has also damaged important historic monuments in eastern Turkey's Van region.