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Author Archives: Paddy Johnson
Paddy Johnson is the founding editor of Art Fag City. In addition to her work on the blog, she has been published in New York Magazine, artreview.com, Art in America, The Daily, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The Guardian and New York Press. Paddy lectures widely about art and the Internet. In 2008, she served on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellowships and became the first blogger to earn a Creative Capital Arts Writers grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. Paddy also writes a regular column on art for The L Magazine.
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Technology Is Our New Nature
An exhibition of Native American artists points to the potential of technology when telling stories.
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How Will the Repeal of Net Neutrality Impact Artists?
Protections ensuring equal access to the internet were repealed today by the Federal Communications Commission, ushering in an uncertain new era.
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A Trump Portrait Contest Provides Some Artistic Catharsis
Winners of an open call contest for portraits of the 45th US president include a photo of a cheese slice draped over a doughnut and a painting of Trump piggy-backing on Putin.
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Pleasant Surprises in the Swamp at Prospect, the New Orleans Triennial
Newly restructured as a triennial, Prospect 4 opened in New Orleans last weekend; despite technical challenges and an overly broad theme, it yielded some satisfying moments.
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An Experimental Book Tests Our Ability to Perceive Multiple Mediums Simultaneously
Chilean electronic-music composer Nicolas Jaar’s project feels like a cross between an art experience and solving a book of logic puzzles.
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In Chelsea, Three Disappointing Art Exhibitions (And One Pleasant Surprise)
Finding a lot of forgettable work from renowned artists, and an unexpectedly happy encounter with a classic.
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Why I “Like” but Don’t Love Cindy Sherman’s Instagram Photos
Other critics responded rapturously after the art star made her Instagram account public, but their nearly unanimous praise is misplaced.
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WTF Is Google+? An Artist’s Handbook
Community is enough to make Google+ worth a whirl, but what exactly does the site provide for artists? Conversely, what is it missing? A few initial thoughts based on a week’s worth of use.