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A 26-Foot Marilyn Monroe Sculpture Meets Its End in a Chinese Dump
News sites have been abuzz today with a few fantastic photographs that show a giant sculpture of Marilyn Monroe face-down in the dirt at a Chinese dump.
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Art
Message Scent: Smell Phone Makes History
It wasn't quite as Earth-shaking as Marconi's 1901 cross-Atlantic radio transmission or Alexander Graham Bell yapping at this assistant on the first telephone call in 1876, but this week the 21st century got its inaugural transatlantic scent message.
Art
A Shock of Color in the City
PHILADELPHIA — There are two public works on view in the Northeast right now by the Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse. One, in Philadelphia, zips past as you ride a moving train; the other, in Brooklyn, inspires you to stand still and look closely.
Poetry
Three Poems by Dara Wier
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected three poems by Dara Wier for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Comics
Fox Puppies and a New Cartoon Me
Another week at the Spruceton Inn … just shave my beard …
Opinion
Shocker: Sontag FBI File Contains Comic Sans
The Freedom of Information Act request-processing website MuckRock has obtained and published Susan Sontag's Federal Bureau of Investigation file. The document comprises 73 pages of letters and memoranda dating from 1968 through 1972, noting in mind-numbing detail the late intellectual's various app
Art
Making the Cut: Remembering Warren Lyons
LOS ANGELES — In the late fifties and early-to-mid-1960s, when my father came to New York and checked into the Royalton for stays that varied in length from a few days to several weeks, he would run into his friend Leonard Lyons, the New York Post gossip columnist, who invariably wrote an item or tw
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Debuts Distinguish BAMcinemaFest 2014
Opening tonight with the New York premiere of Boyhood, Richard Linklater's highly anticipated coming-of-age tale, the sixth incarnation of BAMcinemaFest finds the festival itself approaching maturity.
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News
As World Cup Takes Spotlight, Brazilian Police Attack Artists and Activists [UPDATED]
Yesterday, the soccer team of World Cup host Brazil played, and tied with, Mexico. But on the same day that Brazilian players were proudly representing their country on the field in the northern city of Fortaleza, some 450 miles south, military police attacked nonviolent protestors in Recife, the co
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UNESCO Issues Caution on Iraq World Heritage Sites
The United Nations issued a warning yesterday on possible danger to Iraqi cultural heritage sites as the insurgent army of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) continued its southward sweep of the country towards Baghdad.
Art
ArtRx LA
In our inaugural LA listings this week: the city's exhibition openings and other festivities spill out of museums and galleries into the streets, churches, rooftops, and beyond. Here's your guide to seven ways to get your art fix.
Art
Researchers Say the Design of Our Brains Is Ideal for Art
A recent analysis in the growing concentration on neuroaesthetics, a field that examines the brain's relationship to art, suggests our minds are particularly organized to respond to visual art.