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Revisiting Le Corbusier as a Fascist
PARIS — Spoiler alert: The deplorable revelations recounted here will not ruin your appreciation of the sublime beauty of Le Corbusier’s masterpieces.
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Sum of the Arts
Photographs taken by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland author Lewis Caroll in his lifetime = 3,000
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Report Finds New York City's Creative Sector Is Thriving, for Now
In a trend piece two months ago that caused much snickering on the internet, the New York Times wrote that creative New Yorkers are peacing out and heading west to Los Angeles, which the article heralded as a "bohemian paradise."
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In Bushwick, Street Art Comes with a Copious Side of Advertising Billboards
The latest additions to the Bushwick Collective, the street art project founded and curated by Joe Ficalora around the intersection of Troutman Street and St Nicholas Avenue in Brooklyn, are a number of big, garish billboards.
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Preserving the Concrete Listening Ears of Early Surveillance
Prior to the invention of radar in the 1930s, a system of concrete acoustic mirrors was set up around the coast of the United Kingdom as an early form of surveillance.
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From Duchamp to Hipsters, the Art of Selling Air
Are you tired of your local air? If so, a bag of atmospheric gases from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, could be yours if you have thousands of dollars to burn.
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A Poetic Response to Kim Gordon’s Art Using Only Sonic Youth Lyrics
Editor's note: Kim Gordon, one of the co-founders of the indie rock band Sonic Youth, currently has an art exhibition on view at 303 Gallery. The following is a response to the show composed entirely of lyrics from Sonic Youth’s influential 1988 album, Daydream Nation.
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Facebook Rolls Out New, More Gender-Equal “Friends” Icon
In countries like the United States, inequality between men and women is often reflected in the details.
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Russia’s Ruling Party Unveils Anti-Gay “Heterosexual Flag"
Yesterday, as Russians celebrated the annual Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party unveiled a "heterosexual flag."
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Every Five Years, Ragnar Kjartansson Asks His Mother to Spit on Him
REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — “I was told to spit on my own beloved son over and over ... Everything went according to plan — I spat and spat,” so goes the essay for Ragnar Kjartansson’s exhibition Me and My Mother.
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What’s Left of Mainstream Movies If Only People of Color Speak
What happens if you edit a major feature film so it includes only dialogue by people of color?
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A Public Art Biennial Takes Over a City in Sweden
ÖREBRO, Sweden — Festivals and biennials are typically the purview of curators and organizers, backed by endowed institutions.