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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a pub's neighbor is peeved about its penis mural, a flying cow sculpture gets grounded in India, and unscrupulous Lincolnalia collectors nab an Abe statue.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, over 20 institutions open their doors for Member Appreciation Days, Goethe-Institut presents a slideshow on German Christmas legend Krampus, influential philosopher Alain Badiou gives a talk at Art Center, and more.
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Two Painters Seek a "Sense of Something Holy" in Abstraction
This past winter, New York-based painter Tim Casey rode 100 miles on horseback through the snow with the Lakota, a Native American tribe in South Dakota.
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Rediscovering Charlotte Catherine Patin, a 17th-Century Art Historian
"I view Patin chiefly as an under appreciated pioneer in the field of women’s scholarship rather than just in art historical studies," Nicola J. Shilliam, bibliographer at the library, told Hyperallergic.
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Pentagram's High-End Design for Snoop Dogg's Marijuana Product Line
Just a decade ago, marijuana in the popular imagination was largely associated with cheesy stoner iconography — pot leaf decals, tie-dye and paisley patterns — and its packaging was limited to discreet plastic baggies.
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Grotesque, Sewn Self-Portraits Pervert Norms of Female Beauty
Gargoyle faces and witch-like masks adorn the walls of Yoon Ji Seon’s first US solo exhibition, Rag Face, at the Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, go see solo shows by Sheila Hicks and Regina Bogat before they close, listen to firsthand news reports from the Vietnam War in four languages ... or watch The Shining on repeat on Thanksgiving. Whatever gets you through the holidays.
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See the Contact Sheets from 13 Legendary Photo Shoots
Contact prints by legendary Magnum photographers, including Martin Parr, Eve Arnold, David Hurn, Elliot Erwitt, Bruno Barbey, Burt Glinn, Guy Le Querrec, Herbert List, Thomas Hoepker, David Seymour, and more, are available starting today.
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The Dark Truth at the Heart of an 'Alien Sex Club'
BRIGHTON, UK — To call his work colorful, flamboyant, or camp would be to give the wrong impression of John Walter.
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Hypnotic Animations of Vintage Op-Art Book Covers
In the 1950s and '60s, book cover designers borrowed from the aesthetics of the burgeoning Op art movement.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Poet to Death
On November 17 a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced the artist, poet, and curator Ashraf Fayadh to death for renouncing Islam.
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Ai Weiwei Splits a 400-Year-Old Temple Between Two Beijing Galleries
BEIJING — Between two Beijing galleries, Ai Weiwei has divided a 400-year-old temple’s 1,500 worn, wooden pieces.