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In October, we noted activist investor Dan Loeb's opening salvo in his battle with Sotheby's: a public letter that sought reforms, sane and otherwise, at the auction house. Within two days of receiving Loeb's screed, Sotheby's adopted what is called a "poison pill" provision. Two days ago, Loeb file
Opinion
On a stage in Washington last night, Alec Baldwin briefly un-retired from public life to introduce Maureen Dowd, who proceeded to deliver a lecture on "the arts" in "America." This grim scenario wasn't culled from an SNL bin; it was a real-live keynote commissioned by Americans for the Arts, the cro
Art
The mythology of the Beatles, like all mass phenomena, extends far beyond the primary realm of their music — even the group's most tangential interests and dalliances carry a profound aura of cultural history.
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Yesterday saw the release of a single from Jay Electronica, the second this month from the elusive London-based rapper. This latest song features Jay Z, who deploys his verses to respond to a comment Drake made about his Picasso proclivities in a Rolling Stone profile last month.
Opinion
Over at Gawker, John Cook has posted a highly entertaining video commissioned by the Pentagon in 2001 to educate its staff on protocol for handling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
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A settlement announced yesterday marks the end of the five-year legal saga between photographer Patrick Cariou and appropriation artist Richard Prince, the New York Times reported.
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An artist collective called Chto Delat has announced its withdrawal from this year's edition of Manifesta, scheduled to take open in St. Petersburg in June, amid growing controversy surrounding the policies of the Russian state, according to a statement posted on the group's Facebook page.
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TUBS, a longtime graffiti spot in Seattle, was demolished yesterday, MyNorthwest.com reported.
Opinion
One of the art world's neatest neoliberal parlor tricks is transforming the real world's troubles into pleasingly hermetic objects for hobbyists, and in this respect the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF)'s ebullient annual economic report is a fine specimen.
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Elmgreen and Dragset, the duo behind the recently defaced conceptual storefront "Prada Marfa," have condemned the vandalism in a statement to the Art Newspaper published earlier today. "It is crazy that we have come to a point in our culture where some individuals in their insane egomania, eager to
Opinion
Economics rarely motivate people to go into the arts, and that's fine — what isn't fine are smoke-and-mirror attempts at falsely touting fiscal health of "the arts" under the guise of rigorous economic research.
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Over the weekend, vandals defaced Scandinavian artists Elmgreen and Dragset's "Prada Marfa," the simulated Prada storefront that has, since its installation in 2005, brought international attention to a remote stretch of Texas highway.