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Why Canada’s New Prime Minister Might Be Good for the Arts, Eh?
Justin Trudeau is the new prime minister of Canada and he’s a Liberal, but where does he stand on the arts?
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ArtRx LA
This week curate.la celebrates its birthday, Grand Avenue has a block party, Richard Hawkins opens a two-venue exhibition based on Antonin Artaud, and more.
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Attention, Starving Artists: Lower East Side Burger Joint Now Selling $64 "Basquiat Burger"
PYT Burger, a fancy new joint on Bowery in Manhattan known for its "stunt burgers," is hoping Basquiat's name will help sell a $64 burger. It's enough to make a starving artist cry.
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From Giant Steel Angels to Titillating Collages, Favorites from Gowanus Open Studios 2015
As the neighborhood reeled from the news that hundreds of artists are being forced to leave one of its biggest studio complexes, Gowanus became a hotbed of activity this past weekend during Gowanus Open Studios.
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Vermont College of Fine Arts Offers New Scholarships for MFA in Visual Art
Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) has committed $100,000 in scholarship funding to the MFA in Visual Art incoming class of January 2016. These new funds allow the college to provide each incoming student with a significant scholarship package applied to all four semesters.[http://engine.nectarads.
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How One Artist Found Affordable Studio Space in New York
Among New York artists’ ongoing quest for affordable studio space within the city, one artist relates his story of having discovered a studio in the South Bronx that is first and foremost inexpensive.
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Street Artist Covers Bill Cosby Mural with a Grinning Kim Jong Un
For one afternoon, the grinning face of Bill Cosby on a mural owned by Washington, D.C.'s famed eatery Ben's Chili Bowl was hidden under Kim Jong Un's beaming visage.
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The Met and Hyperallergic Present 'In Our Time: Radical Design Geographies with Liam Young'
We're very excited to announce our new two-part fall collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Modern and Contemporary Art!
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In the Vale of Cashmere: Prospect Park’s Hidden World of Gay Cruising
“When I got there, I found the park filled with men in the same horny, hungry state of mind I was in … I can’t remember ever seeing so many gorgeous black men in any one place.”
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Minimalist Duets in Sculpture and Dance
During the summer of 1960, dance artists Simone Forti, Nancy Meehan and Yvonne Rainer rented rehearsal space at Dance Players on Sixth Avenue so they could improvise together.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, learn about the history of graphic design in the Philippines, celebrate Back to the Future Day, gear up for Halloween with a haunted house and Czech horror, and come to our first event at the Metropolitan Museum.
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A Harlem Alliance Creates New Initiative for Public Art
The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance has ambitious plans for a new program of public art to commence in 2016 with works primarily situated in four historic Harlem parks.