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Art Under the Influence of a Day Job
Now showing at David Zwirner, People Who Work Here is a celebration of the many artists who help run one of the world’s most powerful galleries.
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A Deep Dive into the Legacy of LA's Surrealists
LOS ANGELES — The official Made in L.A. show is at the Hammer Museum, but a felicitous counterpoint is currently at Richard Telles in the Fairfax district.
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Aboard a "Life-Size" Replica of Noah's Ark in Rural Kentucky
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — What’s 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, 51 feet high, and made of 3.3 million linear feet of wood?
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At the Jewish Museum, a Pair of Portraits Prompts Visitors to Think Critically About Collecting
The current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Masterpieces & Curiosities: The Fictional Portrait, does a few remarkable things, perhaps the most remarkable being that it begins to turn the institution inside out, to make not only its collection available to the visitor, but also the policies and proc
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The Many Influences and Invasions that Shaped Two Millennia of Sicilian Art
LONDON — Sicily: Culture and Conquest is one of the last exhibitions commissioned by outgoing British Museum director Neil MacGregor and encapsulates what made his tenure so valuable.
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“Shazam for Art” Yanked from App Store After Data Theft Controversy
Magnus, the much-praised mobile app that branded itself as the "Shazam for art," is now off the market, following news that it operated using information grabbed from other art world databases as well as copyright claims by three German galleries.
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Exquisite Films that Make Reality Unearthly
The best word I can use to describe the feeling conveyed by John Akomfrah’s films at Lisson Gallery is fey.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Norwegian youths destroyed a stone-age engraving of a skier, Mary Boone sued an art adviser over allegedly ill-gotten KAWS works, and a Salvador Dalí sculpture was vandalized in Quebec City.
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Arts Professionals Condemn BP’s Renewed Cultural Sponsorships in the UK
Over 200 arts professionals and scientists have signed an open letter in The Times calling for an end to BP's new, five-year sponsorship deals with four major cultural institutions in the UK.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a group show only visible through peepholes opens, the Hammer Museum screens Margaret Honda's abstract color films, a limited edition box of Surrealist-inspired art goes on view for sale, and more.
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A Collection of Magical Realist Games for Your Smartphone
Returning after a 20 year break, the Triennale International Exhibition, which is centered at the Triennale Museum in Milan, has a new media update.
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Paying Tribute to Moholy-Nagy with a Concert of Light and Sound
"Moholy-Nagy: Optical Sound,” a recent three-part concert curated by artist Luke DuBois and musician Zach Layton at the Guggenheim Museum, highlighted both the history and the modern trajectory of optically inspired sound, especially as put forth by visual artist László Moholy-Nagy.