Art
A Beautiful New Look for NYC's Beaches
Pentagram designer Paula Scher has created a beautiful new program of design for NYC's 14 miles of beaches that presents an optimistic, clean, and attractive vision of what urban beaches should be.
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Redesigning Death
For the amount of time that people have been dying, which is quite long really, our designs for death haven't changed as much as our designs for everything else.
Art
California's Triumphant Triennial
LOS ANGELES — In a world where art seems to consist primarily of hyper-conceptual art school verbiage, it’s a relief to go to a museum show and actually have something to see. The California-Pacific Triennial, now on view at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, Calif., definitely offers
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Celebrities Failing at Art
With fame and fortune you can do just about anything, but maybe you shouldn't. Yet that hasn't stopped celebrities from trying their hands at contemporary art
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A Fusion of Facebook, Advertising, and Design Redefines the Creepy Birthday Hug
In what can be optimistically described as a case of something lost in cultural translation, Brazil's Outback Steakhouse franchise had their American-owned ad agency design an anthropomorphized chair that "hugs" you when you are wished a happy birthday via Facebook. Yes, This is The Way We Live Toda
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, Florida, New York, Ohio, and Ontario.
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Normalizing Violence and Loving the State with the TSA
When the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) joined Instagram two weeks ago, the move prompted bemused and occasionally earnest reactions from the publications tasked with paying attention to these kinds of things.
Art
Cowboy Art Without the Irony
CALGARY — For ten days every July, a particular brand of cowboy hat-wearing, two-stepping, and beer-swilling mayhem descends upon the city of Calgary, Alberta. The Calgary Stampede, officially lauded as “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” is ostensibly a rodeo, but its hallmarks include a thriving
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Pierogi's Flat Files Get Unhinged
Pierogi Gallery's Flat Files have an almost fabled status in Brooklyn's contemporary art scene. Started 18 years ago with 20 artists, the Flat Files have developed as a type of breeding ground for artistic talents and a place where collectors, curators, and others can dip into with ease.
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The Blind Photographer Takes Pictures Without Sight
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Opinion
Jay-Z Raps at Marina Abramović, or the Day Performance Art Died
Last night, rumors started circulating about Jay-Z doing some kind of Rajnar-Kjartansson-meets-Marina Abramović performance art mashup, in which he would rap his new art-inspired song "Picasso Baby" at a rotating cast of hand-picked art-world individuals continuously for a few hours.
Opinion
Earliest Chinese Writing: Historical Discovery or Dubious Scratches?
Archaeologists in China have apparently unearthed 5,000-year-old hieroglyphs, a discovery with potentially significant implications for the study of the origins of written language, the Associated Press reported today.