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Why Do Paintings Resemble Windows?
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Art
After 500 Years, Leonardo da Vinci's Piano Machine Comes Alive
Leonardo da Vinci had a lot of wild schemes for inventions, like a robot knight and elaborate flying machines that gave humans wings, but one he never got to experience himself has finally been realized by a crafty Polish pianist.
Art
Artists Auction Their Facebook Profiles
Organized by Bailey, Mathé and Hunt, a one-day event placed artists' social media profiles up for bidding.
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News
5Pointz Whitewashed Overnight [UPDATE 2]
In the early morning hours, much of the embattled 5Pointz complex on Long Island City was whitewashed — apparently at the behest of landlords Jerry and David Wolkoff.
Art
Ana Mendieta's Many Elements
LONDON — If an artist rejects a label, must we respect that? In her short lifetime, Ana Mendieta took pains to point out that she was not a land artist, not a performance artist, not a body artist, not even a feminist as that term might be understood in the United States.
Art
Art Rx
This week, we say goodbye to the Clocktower Gallery, one of the city's cultural gems, while also lamenting the probable sad fate of 5 Pointz. Two stellar shows are closing at Postmasters, too.
Art
Flushing Nothing Down the Tubes
CHICAGO — If Jean Genet shit out the text from his book The Thief's Journal, which he wrote on toilet paper while in prison, and cheerleaders barfed up blood and guts in high school, they might combined look like the conceptual results of Oakland-based Jason Benson's PH://Dungeon_Mix_[vol.1]://The_H
Interview
How Do Working Artists Live?
Anyone who's chosen to live a creative lifestyle — not just artists — knows what it means to worry. Rather than gun for the safety of a monthly paycheck, most of us (this writer included) have to find a way to put food on the table, without sacrificing our proverbial souls.
News
Former Imelda Marcos Assistant Convicted in Impressionist Art Fraud
Four Impressionist paintings stolen from the Philippines surface in possible of Imelda Marcos's longtime personal secretary, Vilma Bautista.
Performance
When Good Intentions Aren't Enough
I didn't know what to expect from Einat Amir's "Our Best Intentions," a work premiering in New York as part of Performa 13. I had seen the trailer, which suggests a fairly emotional experience. I had read the description on the Performa site, which says the participatory piece blends "psychotherapy,
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City Council Members to Hold Cultural Plan Hearing
Tomorrow afternoon, a number of New York City Council members will be holding a public hearing to decide on the scope of the proposed cultural plan first announced by City Council Members Stephen Levin and Jimmy Van Bramer in August.
Art
Seeking Humanity in the Barbarity of Brazil's Slave Past
At the University of São Paulo's Museum of Contemporary Art, a new exhibition is interrogating Brazil's legacy of slavery, disrupting a body of photography that was meant to normalize slavery.