Opinion
Help Save the Coney Island Mermaids, the World's Largest Art Parade
The world's largest art parade is in trouble because the organizers were hit hard by hurricane Sandy. They've launched a Kickstarter to help save it.
Jillian Steinhauer
Art
Art Rx: Frieze Week
Two words, darlings: art fairs! Frieze New York has spawned a bona fide fair week. But if you suffer from fair fatigue, don't worry: the doctor's got plenty of other recommendations.
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet Artists from Creative Growth Center on Pharrell's YouTube Channel
If you're an art-loving person, there's a good chance you've seen work by artists from the Creative Growth Center. Their art has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide; you might, for instance, have strolled past some of it at last fall's Rosemarie Trockel retrospective at the New Museum. But
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What's Going on at the SF Fine Arts Museums?
For more than six months, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have been in the news nonstop. Robert Flynn Johnson, the museums' curator emeritus, summed it up pretty well when he called the museums' situation “a state of Orwellian dysfunction.” And that's just the news that's been reported.
Opinion
From the Inbox of a Mid-Level Journalist: Cheese
Being a mid-level journalist and blogger is a special kind of adventure. Every day, as you head to your computer to open your inbox, you ponder what emails await you there. One day, you may receive an email from an artist whose medium is cat hair! The next day, a press invitation to Art Basel! And t
Opinion
UK's New "Instagram Act" Stretches Copyright to Its Breaking Point
The UK has passed a new act that has photographers and other creators worried about maintaining ownership of their images. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act theoretically aims to make it easier for companies to publish orphan works, which are images and other content whose author or copyright
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Getting an International Glimpse at Open Studios
Upstairs at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, on the third floor, there's a map tacked to a wall with a series of flags planted in it. The flags document the different countries from which the ISCP has drawn its artist and curator residents, and while it's easy to notice gaps — large sw
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Art Rx
This week, celebrations of the city and of women, plus durational music events to keep you busy.
News
Pussy Riot Member Denied Early Release for Dumb Reasons
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was denied early release from prison last Friday, with a Russian judge saying that Tolokonnikova had "not always followed the rules of behavior" in custody, according to the AP.
Opinion
Libraries Aren't Irrelevant Yet
As more and more people get their information and do their research online, often from the comfort of their own couches, the future of public libraries seems very much up for the debate these days. Should libraries ship some of their books off to storage facilities and bring in more computers, as th
Opinion
Greetings from the Land of Abramović
Artist Marina Abramović has been pretty quiet since her 2010 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, The Artist Is Present. But she's back! She's here! And she wants you to know where she's been.
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Art Rx
This week, a celebration of the emerging and the established, as well as a few ways to unwind from the tough last week.