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10 Best NYC Art Shows in 2013
We've entered 2014 but there is no better time than the present to look back at the art shows of New York that deserve a special mention as some of the most outstanding of the year.
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British Library Releases 1M Images into the Public Domain
Earlier this month, Open Culture pointed to a big move from the British Library: the library is putting a million images into the public domain.
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What's Up With "Shia LaBeouf"?
"Julian Schnabel , Jeff koons, Duchamp ect……"
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After 15 Years, National Lighthouse Museum Finally Sets Opening Date
At many points over the past 15 years, it seemed that the creation of a National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island was doomed. Yet, as of December 30, they've completed a fundraising goal that sets them on track to open on August 7, 2014.
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De Blasio and the Mythology of a New Arts Populism
What will the arts look like under Mayor De Blasio? "Populist," the New York Times concluded on Monday, a full two days before Bill put his hand on FDR's old Bible and promised to champion the huddled masses.
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Artist Zwelethu Mthethwa's Murder Trial Postponed Amid Protests
Last spring South African artist Zwelethu Mthethwa was charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman named Nokuphila Kumalo. Following Mthethwa's May arrest and subsequent release on bail, the case was remanded twice. The artist is now scheduled to appear in court again at the end of this month.
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Michelangelo's Grocery List
The great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo ate fish and bread like most everybody else.
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Philippe Parreno, Relational Puppetmaster
PARIS — My long encounter with Philippe Parreno’s vast but fey exposition Anywhere, Anywhere, Out Of The World was anything but otherworldly.
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American History Digitized and Animated Through Hundreds of 1930s Maps
Back in 1932, a naval historian named Charles O. Paullin and a geographer named John K. Wright published a colossus of cartography called Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States.
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Roni Horn's Remote Geographies
Roni Horn has been traversing and transcribing Iceland since 1975, when she was still a student of art, first at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), then at Yale University, where she received her MFA in sculpture. Of course, her work is not solely about Iceland, but it seems to be so much a p
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Roni Horn's Remote Geographies
Roni Horn has been traversing and transcribing Iceland since 1975, when she was still a student of art, first at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), then at Yale University, where she received her MFA in sculpture. Of course, her work is not solely about Iceland, but it seems to be so much a p
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Happy Public Domain Day! Here's What's Leaving Copyright Behind in the New Year
The start of a new year means new entries into the public domain. Today is Public Domain Day, and as we did in 2012 and 2013, we're taking a look at the artistic additions.