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MoMA Latest Museum to Acquire Christian Marclay's "Clock"
We already knew New York is a 24-hr city, but with the acquisition of Christian Marclay's "The Clock" by MoMA, art lovers will have something to watch during every friggin' minute of it.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Opinion
Is Australian Aboriginal Art Part of the African Diaspora?
Recently, I received a press release from the Brooklyn's Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) heralding their new show, Saying No: Reconciling Spirituality and Resistance in Indigenous Australian Art. My first reaction was astonishment. I didn't understand how Australian Aboriginal
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Chinese Art Lovers Scratching Heads Over Student Claim
"…Chinese press…reported that that a painting, ‘Put Down Your Whip’ by Xu Beihong…which sold last year at auction in Beijing for 14 million dollars, is claimed to have been painted by an art student in the 1980s.Ten former students signed an open letter…stating that the painting had been ‘a class ex
Opinion
Veterans of the New York School Reflect on the 1950s
The archival footage features a number of artists in the New York school (Alcopley, Conrad Marca-Relli, Joe Stefanelli, John Stephan, Robert Richenburg and Will Barnet) discussing life in New York's 1950s art world.
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Rare Egyptian Book of the Dead Goes on View at Brooklyn Museum Tomorrow, Sept 28
Following a three year conservation project, the final section of the rare, Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose (c. 1539-1292 BCE) will go on long-term view at the Brooklyn Museum on September 28.
Art
The Magic of Jean Nouvel's Carousel Fun House
Approaching Fulton Landing from the East River Jean Nouvel's new pavilion for Jane's Carousel is less impressive than I was expecting. The squat box made of what I initially thought was transparent glass and sea-foam green metal appears dwarfed by the massive Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges that brac
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Washington Monument Closed Indefinitely
"The National Park Service said Monday that the Washington Monument will be closed indefinitely and that the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August had done more damage to the monument than had been previously disclosed." [WashPo [http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washington-monuments-elevator-damaged
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Cancelled Palestinian Kids' Art Show Finds New Venue in Oakland
The Palestinian children's art show that was slated to be exhibited at the Museum of Children's Art in Oakland, California before it was canceled under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups has found a new home nearby. [Mercury News [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18971538?IADID]]
News
Wackiest News of the Day: UFO at New Museum?
What the hell is that diamond-shaped object floating in the sky? A photographer shot this unidentified object from the New Museum's Sky Room Terrace, according to his testimony on a UFO site.
Art
The Signs of #OccupyWallStreet
On Friday and Saturday night I traveling to the Occupy Wall Street action in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park to document the signs created by the protesters and their supporters. I was impressed that this small island of protest had quickly created a library and an art station for protesters to shar
Opinion
Required Reading
This week's edition focuses on the de Kooning retrospective at MoMA, some final essays on the 9/11 Museum, an endangered mural in Manhattan, the timeline design of Facebook and Instagram as art.
Interview
When Republicans Were Progressive: US Political Cartoons, Circa 1912
Marc H. Milleris the man behind an exhibition that is currently going on at the Charles P. Stevenson Library at Bard College in upstate New York, The Presidential Election of 1912 in Cartoons. Drawn from his personal collection these images provide a window into the world of US Presidential politics