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Last NYC Banksy Is Full of Hot Air, Cops Arrest Potential Thieves [UPDATE 5]
This is it … Banky's final New York residency art work and it's in Queens.
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Rethinking How We Source Toys
SAN FRANCISCO — With increasing frequency, it seems, toys from China provoke controversy.
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A Chicago Alderman Opens His Office to Art
CHICAGO — It’s become increasingly normal to see art shows in unusual locations, but recently I found one in a place that was a first for me: a Chicago alderman’s office. The politician is Ameya Pawar, alderman for the 47th ward on Chicago’s north side, and for the past couple of years he has opened
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Banksy Creates a Bronx Zoo, Invader Invades NYC, Awesome Banksy GIFs
Banksy's new work is called "Bronx Zoo," and is located near Yankee's Stadium in the Bronx.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Met Admissions Policy
Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich of the commercial division of the New York State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in parts of two different lawsuits today, deeming the institution's pay-what-you-wish policy acceptable and fair.
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Rethinking the Retrospective: Jean-Luc Godard in New York
The current Jean-Luc Godard retrospective in New York, admirably entitled The Spirit of Forms, reintroduces the French auteur’s films into familiar territory: namely, the New York Film Festival (NYFF) at Lincoln Center, where his work has made many memorable as well as infamous North American debuts
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Bahrain Police Raid Arab Spring Exhibition
Riot police in Bahrain have raided an Arab spring–related art show organized by Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, a political opposition group in the small gulf kingdom, the Guardian reports.
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Relax, the Metropolitan Museum Isn't Instituting Mandatory Admission Fee
Last week the Metropolitan Museum of Art sent out a press release about a new lease amendment signed by the museum and the City of New York. The amendment concerns the museum's admission policy, which is currently pay what you wish, and once it was announced, all hell broke loose.
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Mixing Racial Messages
Starting with its title, the group exhibition War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art at Seattle's Wing Luke museum asks a provocative question: how do those seen by Americans as products of either colonial domination or subversive desire move past those categories?
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Trick or…Umm…Wow
It's not the size of the pumpkin but …
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Digging Into the Layers of the Internet's Past
OAKLAND, Calif. — Digital Archaeology's icon, a pixellated flashlight, captures, in my mind, how the site works: by shining light on different corners, never quite capturing the whole.
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A Colossal Inflatable Robot Opens Its Arms Into a Portal
Last Saturday, a giant robot unfolded its jointed inflatable arms in Red Hook to creep out into a lattice of temporary architecture.