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Hacker Obtains Unreleased Clinton White House Doodles
Gawker has published a series of Bill Clinton sketches obtained by the prolific political hacker Guccifer, perhaps best known for his leaks of George W. Bush's paintings.
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A View from the Easel
Studios in Alexander (NC), Milwaukee (WI), Montreal, Rehoboth (MA), and Toronto.
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Picasso Raffle, Baby
"I just want a Picasso in my casa, no, my castle," raps Jay Z in his appropriately titled song "Picasso Baby." Jay Z's song most certainly stirs up a desire to own some Picasso art bling, which is becoming increasingly important nowadays for the rich and famous. But is such a thing possible for some
Film
The Things of Life
Between the bellows and the bed unfolds the universe of Cousin Jules. It is a small world, but polyvalent. He is Jules Guitteaux, a blacksmith in rural Burgundy, husband then widower, and — crucially — cousin of the late filmmaker Dominique Benicheti, whose 1973 documentary film Cousin Jules pays ce
Opinion
Going Private: From WeChat to SnapChat
Around this time last year, Instagram caused a flurry after attempting to change its terms of service — what the Globe and Mail's Russell Smith called "an apparent move to appropriate and sell every user’s photos." Smith pondered how growing awareness of the public documentation of our private lives
Art
Miami Project 2013: Systems at Work
MIAMI — Perhaps the most defining feature of art fairs is their organizational structure: floors divided into white-walled, cubicle-type booths; important galleries selling expensive work situated near the front or center; strategically placed VIP lounges and bars. So perhaps it's no surprise that,
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Queer Theorist José Esteban Muñoz Dead at 46 [UPDATED]
José Esteban Muñoz, a scholar in the field of queer politics and aesthetics and professor at New York University's Tisch School, has passed away, according to a notice on the University of Minnesota Press website and confirmed to Hyperallergic by his department at NYU.
Art
Why Detroit's Bankruptcy Is Good News for Its Art Museum
DETROIT — “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville. The US is great because it can roll up its sleeves and fix its problems. On December 3, US Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled
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At the Internet Archive, Saving Data While Spurning the Cloud
SAN FRANCISCO — At 3:30 am on November 6, a fire swept through the scanning center of the Internet Archive. The news was poignant for an organization that thinks hard about how information is lost and the best ways to save it.
Art
I Will Follow the Rules: Grossmalerman, Party Photographer
Last week I was asked by the editors at Hyperallergic to fly to Miami and document the attendees at their Aqua Art Miami party. Of course, at first I was insulted and hung up on them.
Books
The Art of the Hustle
“Is this relationship built on trust?” Nigel Nolan asks in a caption directed at FeD, one of his “Argentine boys for sale.” The relationship in question is structured on commodity exchange: FeD’s image in exchange for a cut of the sales from it. Argentine Boys for Sale, a 500-page ebook with accompa
Art
The Man Who Tried to Photograph Thoughts
In the 1960s, a Denver-based psychiatrist and a man who believed he could take photographs with his thoughts staged a series of experiments with Polaroid instant film. Dr. Jule Eisenbud and his test subject, Ted Serios, a former bellhop, were trying to prove that a psychic projection could manifest