Archelis, a futuristic new “wearable chair” by Japan’s Hiroaki Nishimura Design, provides workers with a healthy middle ground between deadly all-day sitting and tiring all-day standing.
February 2016
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The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA
GLENDALE, Calif. — The warm, electric glow and mid-century charm of neon signs are enduring features of Los Angeles’s historical buildings, but some of the city’s most beloved examples have not been seen since the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) closed its downtown LA location in 2011.
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Fledgling Galleries Flock to London for a Month of Collaborative Shows
LONDON — For four weeks, eight of London’s youngest galleries are hosting 15 like-minded spaces from around the world as part of CONDO, a collaborative project that’s been proven to be very successful with the public.
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Ai Weiwei’s Photo Reenacting a Child Refugee’s Death Should Not Exist
I see this image and I wonder.
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Saudi Arabia Downgrades Poet’s Death Sentence to 8 Years in Jail and 800 Lashes
A court in Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence given to Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh last November on charges of publicly renouncing Islam, but the new terms of his punishment are also extremely savage.
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“Looks Like an Old Turd”: Outraged Netizens React to Reported $1.8 Million Sale of Potato Photograph
You may have heard the news that a German businessman has reportedly purchased a photograph of a dirty potato for $1.8 million.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a disgraced antiquities dealer’s stash of loot was discovered, a fake Picasso was seized by Turkish police, and a stolen portrait of R2-D2 was returned.
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A Kiddie Pool and Kaleidoscopic Canopy Come to MoMA PS1 This Summer
Every summer for the past 17 years, the Young Architects Program has chosen a designer to transform MoMA PS1’s courtyard in Long Island City, Queens with a temporary installation.
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Turning the Digital into the Material, with Feng Shui
Digital data has become one of the most integral and misunderstood resources in contemporary society.
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At Versailles, a Darkly Comic Celebration of Louis XIV’s Death
VERSAILLES, France — In curator Béatrix Saule’s extensive exhibition Le Roi Est Mort (“The King Is Dead”), the Palace of Versailles is presenting a shaggy-dog narrative about the death of Louis XIV.
