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A Video Game Pits Michael Jackson Against Himself
“Two Michaels enter. One Michael leaves.”
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a surreal haunted house at Machine Project, a multivenue biennial that focuses on Latin America, a lecture by legendary feminist artist Faith Wilding, and more.
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Tracing Lost Lives in Doris Salcedo's Domestic Objects
A Colombian artist who creates impossible sculptures out of furniture, hair, grass, and the fabric of everyday life, Salcedo carves out spaces for mourning tragedy.
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An Illustrated Guide to Auction House Terminology
What is “chandelier bidding?” How do third-party guarantees work? And what are the “three D’s?”
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ArtRx NYC
This week is filled with opportunities: to ponder the meaning of cat videos, to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of Latin American culture, to get help finding affordable artist housing, to watch contemporary performers fail, and more.
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Artists Nicole Eisenman and LaToya Ruby Frazier Among 2015 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners
Two prominent US artists, Nicole Eisenman and LaToya Ruby Frazier, are among the 24 winners of this year's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships, often referred to as "genius grants."
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The Great Divide: A Survey of Women in Art and Craft
Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today is a brave exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Arts and Design.
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Mobile "Food Forest" to Float the NYC Waterways in Spring 2016
New York City was once identified as much by tall ships as tall buildings — Walt Whitman celebrated it in his "Manhatta" (1860) as "The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling waters! / the city of spires and masts!"
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From Peeling Skin to Talking Dolls, Highlights from the Detroit Design Festival
DETROIT — The 2015 Detroit Design Festival brought a flurry of activity to the city’s environs, the capstone to a busy September.
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Wes Anderson–Inspired Crochet Mural Sparks Anarchist Protest in Bushwick
A Wes Anderson-inspired crochet mural that appeared on a residential wall bordering the Bushwick Flea — and was hastily removed last week after sparking controversy — has come to represent "the systemic brutality of gentrification," according to Brooklyn anarchists.
Opinion
The Pope Turns to the Devil's Music to Spread His Word
The Pope himself is looking to join the Beatles and Oasis in the pop canon with an LP of his own, Wake Up!
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Archaeologists Find Perfectly Preserved Pre-Roman Tomb at Pompeii
When it comes to the ancient city of Pompeii, the Romans seem to get all the attention.