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Five Rejected Ideas for Coachella Art Installations
This year's edition of the California festival features dazzling large-scale artworks, but some spectacular ideas didn't make the cut.
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French Theater Troupe Plans Fantastical Hanging Garden Inspired by Jules Verne and Leonardo
The Heron's Tree is an urban garden designed as a 114-foot-tall, 165-feet-wide tree, poised to rise in the western French city of Nantes.
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Collector Who Paid $13M Sues Jeff Koons and Gagosian
Steven Tananbaum claims he has paid more than $13 million since 2013 for three sculptures, none of which have been delivered.
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Four Design Solutions to Our Plastic Bag Addiction
As Earth Day approaches, remember that a plastic bag is a sliver of eternity — it never goes away, even when you want it to.
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SVA MA in Curatorial Practice's Major Year-End Exhibitions for Spring 2018
The exhibitions will be on view at the Pfizer Building from April 19 through May 4, 2018.
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Controversial Fountain Showing Armed White Settler and Native American Will Be Removed and Preserved
The Kalamazoo fountain, built in 1940, has been called “horrendous,” “a monument to mistreatment,” and "evil."
Art
Michael Rakowitz Gathers Immigrant and Military Voices to Tell the Story of Iraq
For his podcast project Radio Silence, Rakowitz is bringing together stories from members of Philadelphia's Iraqi community and US soldiers who served in Iraq.
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Chris Ofili Painting, Once Called "Degenerate" by Trump, Gifted to Museum of Modern Art by Trump Supporter
The painting, which sparked a political scandal at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999, was donated to MoMA by hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen.
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Los Angeles Through the Eyes of Artists
Art in Los Angeles has a storied history; here are a few books that capture its spirit.
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Hunter College Hosts Its Spring 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, April 19–May 5
The Hunter College MFA Program in Studio Art is a competitive and affordable three-year program providing a rigorous immersion in the changing ideas and forms of contemporary art.
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Los Angeles's CB1 Gallery Accused of Not Paying Its Artists
An open letter accuses the owners of failing to pay artists according to their contracts, writing bad checks, and selling work without notification.
Art
Reverent Photos of Young Punks and Their Irrepressible Mohawks
There’s a casual, almost candid quality in Ed Templeton's photos. His subjects look “cool,” most likely because he himself thinks that they are.