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A Sculptural Forest Made from 10,000 Species of Trees
Glasgow-born, Berlin-based artist Katie Paterson has spent the past three years collecting wood samples from around the world, trying to check off all the items on her tree species wish list.
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A Fleet of 2,000 Pigeons Takes Flight in Brooklyn, Ruffling Protesters’ Feathers
For over a decade, helicopter pilots practiced their landings on the deck of the US Navy's Baylander IX-514. Today, the now decommissioned and privately owned ship is serving as home base to flying creatures of another kind: pigeons.
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Revisiting the First American Folk Art Museum, Founded by a Modernist Sculptor
The rough finishes and loose poses of Elie Nadelman's sculptures of circus performers, pianists, and dancers were influenced by his incredible collection of folk art.
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House of Worship or Shopping Mall? The Drab Architecture of Megachurches
Of the 75 percent of Americans who identify as Christian, between 2 and 5 million regularly attend a megachurch — a super-sized house of Protestant worship that has a weekend attendance of 2,000 or more people; some draw up to 20,000.
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A Hidden Times Square Sound Installation Returns to Full Hum
Max Neuhaus's "Times Square" sound installation is meant to be stumbled upon by visitors to the chaotic crossroads in Manhattan.
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For a World Losing Its Head, an Artist Proffers Shamanism as a Solution
The terror incited by the sight of heads rolling down the plank of a guillotine one after another is difficult to conjure in the 21st century.
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Recording the Stories of Marginalized Students
TUCSON, Ariz. — Underrepresentation of marginalized and minority communities in society is nothing new; neither is it in the art world.
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Things to Know and Consider Before Taking an Unpaid Internship
A few years ago I worked at a commercial art gallery on the Lower East Side as the communications manager. In this role I was responsible for interviewing our unpaid interns, hiring them, and supervising their daily tasks.
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Brazilian Artists Protest Interim President's Dissolution of Ministry of Culture
Vice President Michel Temer has only just assumed the interim presidency of Brazil, and already he's implementing contentious policies.
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Joan Miró Works Auctioned by His Grandson to Benefit Refugees
Today, 28 works by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró were auctioned in London to benefit refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East.
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Greenpeace Activists Climb the British Museum to Protest BP Sponsorship
Today, the British Museum received a guerrilla re-branding from activists urging it to drop its sponsorship deal with BP, an agreement now in talks for possible renewal next year.
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Michelle Grabner, Paul Ha, and Eric Shiner Appointed to Jury for ArtPrize's $200,000 Grand Prize
ArtPrize, the radically open international art competition determined equally by public vote and expert jury, recently announced the 2016 panel of jurors that will award the $200,000 Juried Grand Prize and $62,500 in Category Awards at the eighth iteration of ArtPrize, slated to take place in Grand