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Italy to Offer Tax Deduction for Book Buyers
The Italian government has unveiled a master plan for attracting foreign investment, and for some reason, it includes a tax rebate for people who buy books!
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Kanye Gives Kim Kardashian a George Condo-Painted Hermès Birkin Bag
Kanye has had a longstanding relationship with artist George Condo, but their latest "collaboration" came in the form of a gift for Kim Kardashian — a hand-painted Hermès Birkin bag.
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Art Movements
French government returns looted Egyptian antiquities, Miró full of fakes, Bill Drentell passes away, FAT Architecture calls it quits, and more from the week in art news.
Art
Flowers on the Blue Line
CHICAGO — For two days in a row this past weekend, I boarded the train to Forest Park at the Damen Blue Line station. Dragging my feet up the snow- and dirt-muddied stairs, I looked up to see flowers — actually collages of images of flowers, cacti, and other foliage. They were, I soon learned, creat
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Subway Street Art Gets on the GIF Train
Artists Jilly Ballistic and Ryan Seslow have recently started creating their own version of GIF-iti.
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Among the Period Rooms, a Failed Architect's Fictional Apartment
LONDON — At the 2009 Venice Biennale, Elmgreen & Dragset converted the Danish and Nordic Pavilions into the stylish home of a mysterious “Mr. B.” This fall, the artist duo did it again, with "Tomorrow" at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Opinion
Online Museum Celebrates Pioneering Black Animation
Think of trailblazing black TV shows, and The Cosby Show immediately comes to mind. But before the Cliff Huxtable, there was Fat Albert, Bill Cosby's beloved animated creation that became famous for his catchphrase, "Hey, hey, hey!"
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How Good You Must Be When Everyone Can See
CHICAGO — In the age of social-networked identities, when every private thought is often public declaration, what does it mean to be "good" or "bad"? Our words become performances, our self-portraits become selfies, and we are present as online brands. It becomes hard to take emotional moments serio
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Boston, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and New Rochelle (NY).
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Anti-Zimmerman Artist Points to eBay's Hypocrisy for Pulling Painting
The artist at the center of the anti-Zimmerman painting controversy on eBay, Michael D'Auntuono, responded to Hyperallergic's questions via email about the online auction site's decision to remove his painting because it violated eBay’s Hateful or Discriminatory policy.
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LA MOCA Debuts Online Comedy Series
Why would a contemporary art museum launch a web comedy series? Well ... why not, I guess?
Art
A Polar Bear's Lap Is the Best Place to Be
CHICAGO — For the past three Christmas seasons at The Suburban, an artist-run project space in Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam's Oak Park backyard, artist Diego Leclery has decided to become a polar bear.