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Tricks and Trade of 19th-Century Magic in Houdini's Digitized Scrapbooks
Through the recently digitized scrapbooks of Harry Houdini, you can be transported to the world of 19th-century magic, an era of deception and curiosity about the unknown.
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Michelle Grabner on the Fourth Floor
During the opening remarks for the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Chief Curator Donna de Salvo said that this year's exhibition was "one biennial with three distinct points of view," so we've decided to explore that diversity in perspectives with three separate photo essays of the Biennial — one per
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Two Mythological Creatures Rise from the Castoffs of China's Construction
The myth of the phoenix casting itself into the flames only to rise up stronger is powerful and monumental, with reverberations of self-sacrifice, destruction, hope, and regeneration. In an installation in the nave of Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Chinese artist Xu Bing has realized
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Sparkling in the Shadow of Ab-Ex
One of the more intriguing and underappreciated of American art movements is the group called the Indian Space Painters. Seeking an innately American response to Cubism and Surrealism, artists such as Steve Wheeler, Peter Busa, and Robert Barrell began in the late 1930s to combine elements of Native
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The Day My Artist Ego Was Born
One of my earliest art-related memories is having this "How to Draw Mickey Mouse" book.
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School of Visual Arts Master's in Curatorial Practice: Call for Applications
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Experimental Musician Robert Ashley Dead at 83
Robert Ashley, experimental musician and composer, has died at the age of 83, according to the artist's website. Ashley has long been a force of inspiration in the experimental music community, where he is recognized as a pioneer of electronic and improvised music. Ashley is also included in the 201
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A Tiny Red House for the Homeless
One of the hardest steps in surmounting homelessness is in the transition from a shelter to a permanent home, and while many ideas for pop-up temporary housing are manifested in designer dreams, few of those architectural solutions have found widespread implementation.
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US-China Import Deal Reveals Limits of Arts Diplomacy
Smuggled antiquities have surfaced everywhere, from midtown Manhattan galleries to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. On January 13, an agreement to prevent looted Chinese antiquities from entering the United States was quietly renewed for another five years, though controversy has now emerged over
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Art Rx: Your Concise Guide to Armory Week and the Whitney Biennial
Cultural omnivores will be descending on New York this week in order to partake in the art banquet that is the Armory Arts Week and the 2014 Whitney Biennial.
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'Partisan Review' Digitizes 70-Year Archive
The archives of Partisan Review, the totemic 20th-century journal of politics and the arts, have finally been fully digitized.
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'Space Heater' at Harbor Gallery
It wasn’t technically on the list for Beat Nite, but the door was open and the color palette drew me in: orange-y reds, pinkish purples and lavender, warm, welcoming blues and turquoise. The artworks in Space Heater, the group show currently on view at Harbor Gallery, match incredibly well — not usu