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This week, snow graffiti, free newspapers online, Jon Stewart on architecture, Photoshop at 25, Iranian beauty standards for women, Pussy Riot and Eric Garner, and more.
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Weekend Words: Brown
Now that Kate Brown has ascended to the governorship relinquished by the scandal-plagued John Kitzhaber, the neighboring states of Oregon and California each have a governor named Brown.
Art
What Does It Mean to Be a Grown-Up Painter?
Isn’t it time we begin putting things in perspective?
Music
Nicki Minaj's Greatest Hits, Hardcore Bangerz Edition
One day far in the future, when Nicki Minaj will have produced maybe three or four more albums and sold tens of billions more, she will release a greatest hits package, and what a wonderful day that will be.
Art
Wölfli’s World: Fifty Shades of Grau — and Technicolor Visions
MARIA GUGGING, AUSTRIA — It’s something of a trek to the Museum Gugging, one part of a legendary arts facility that also features a gallery, bookshop, creativity atelier (where even the word “art” is too limiting) and artists’ residence — a place that has nurtured some of the most renowned talents i
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Dark Matter: Jason Karolak’s Wayward Abstractions
There are times in a painter’s development when progress is slow and incremental, and there are times when everything just pops. In Polyrhythm, Jason Karolak’s luminous solo show of abstract paintings at McKenzie Fine Art, everything just pops.
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Egypt Customs Officials Seize Street Art Books for "Instigating Revolt"
Egyptian customs officials in Alexandria have reportedly seized a shipment of 400 copies of the art book Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution, over fears that it might incite rebellion.
Art
7 Contemporary Takes on Marsden Hartley
OK, full disclosure: I have never been a huge Marsden Hartley fan.
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Envisioning Eco-Friendly Architecture in Paris
Paris City Hall commissioned Vincent Callebaut Architectures to design a series of environmentally beneficial buildings.
Art
Billboard Art Project Sets Off Terrorism Scare Near US/Mexico Border
A series of ten billboards erected along Interstate 10 in southern New Mexico by the art organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) has provoked suspicion, anxiety, and even outright antagonism.
Art
A Brief Look at 2015 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts
The youngest of the three Oscar shorts categories, documentary shorts are both the vigorous upstarts and the weary middle-agers, questioning themselves and their creative vision in a productive midlife crisis.
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The 6 Issues That Will Guide the Future of Museums
A new report from the Center for the Future of Museums identifies six trends that will shape the ways institutions do business, engage viewers, handle their collections, and renovate their buildings in the years and decades to come.