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Four Cartoonists Among 12 Dead in Attack on French Satirical Magazine
Four of France's most highly regarded cartoonists are among the 12 people murdered in an attack at the Paris office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo on the morning of January 7.
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Emergent Digital Practices: Innovative MA and MFA Degrees in Denver Colorado
Calling all tinkerers, digital explorers, techno-cultural critics, and visionaries of new worlds - University of Denver has a place for you to grow, experiment, and thrive. Emergent Digital Practices [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6NzYwNjIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyMDEwOTAsImNoIjoxOTMw
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Hale Woodruff's Vibrant Murals Immortalize African-American History
If you've seen Steven Spielberg’s movie Amistad, you already know this story: in 1838, a 25-year-old enslaved Mendeian named Cinque led a successful revolt aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad.
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ArtRx LA
Everyone's back from the holidays and there's a ton of openings this week.
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Thoughts on Stefan Simchowitz from Berlin
BERLIN — He’s back, but he never truly went away. Art collector/dealer/advisor/“flipper” Stefan Simchowitz, by virtue of a long exposé in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday, is again on the lips and fingertips of artists, art pros, and now mainstream culture vultures everywhere.
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Unwrapping the Ancient Egyptian Practice of Animal Mummification
Millions of animal mummies — some elaborately dressed, others plainly wrapped — were buried by ancient Egyptians and the exact reason for the death ritual is an ongoing archaeological mystery.
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Learn About the Graduate Programs at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
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The Oulipo Group's Generative Word Games
PARIS — Members of the Oulipo movement play with generative poetic combinations and permutations. Their interests lie at the conceptual nexus of algorithmic art software and remix culture at large, combining all forms of hypertext hybrids, experimental word swarms, and shared authorship projects.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, museum maps, feminism in World of Warcraft, the psychology of art, 1970s photographic experiments, alienation in contemporary life, and other events mark the art lover's guide to New York.
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Merry Armenian Christmas
Whether you celebrate Epiphany, Three Kings Day, Armenian Christmas, Feast of Theophany, or Eastern Orthodox Christmas on January 6 or 7, we wish you a happy holiday!
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Judge Approves Christo's Controversial Colorado Project
It looks like artist Christo may soon be "hanging those sheets over the river," as a federal judge once described a proposed art project in southern Colorado that has stirred much debate.
Opinion
The Limits of What We Can Learn from Food-Themed Art
Food, broadly defined, is a necessary sustenance that may also incorporate artistic practice — cooking, cuisine, and presentation.