Art
The Propeller Group Lands in New York
Despite the Propeller Group's collective experience, their reined-in launch show Lived, Lives, Will Live! at Lombard Freid Projects was anti-climatic.
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Bringing a Spanish-Language Used Bookstore to New York
Of New York's 8 million people, some 1.9 million speak Spanish at home. That's almost a quarter of the inhabitants (all figures based on the 2008 census). And trends here reflect a larger one: the US is now home to the second-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, after Mexico.
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Art Rx
The fall art season is in full swing in New York, and we can barely keep up. It's a good week in particular for the bookish types, with both the New York Art Book Fair and the Brooklyn Book Festival coming to town, plus fall festivals launching in spades and two artist lectures.
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Dreaming on Death Row
NASHVILLE — Tennessee is the buckle of the Bible belt, situated below the state of Kentucky and just north of Alabama. The second night of my stay, I stopped by a show called Unit 2 (Part 1) at Coop Gallery in downtown Nashville. Organized by Watkins College of Art professors Robin Paris and Tom Wil
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Where to See Indie Fims: NYC Edition
A compendium of the best places to experience the cinematographic arts in New York.
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Cary Leibowitz's Particular Shade of Pink
Not all shades of pink get equal attention. The glut of carnation pinks, the flood of hot pink, and the surges of magenta in street fashion, web design, and art — well, it adds up to a visual culture that leaves out other shades of pink. Cary Leibowitz's new solo show (paintings and belt buckles) is
Opinion
A Look at Detroit's $2.1 Million Knight Arts Grant Projects
OAKLAND, Calif. — Amidst news of its filing for bankruptcy, Detroit is becoming ingrained in the popular imagination as a city fallen from grace. That it's also a rapidly emerging art and technology hub is lesser known.
Art
Greenpoint Gallery Night in Pictures
Friday's crisp September evening was just the sort of weather to make touring a gallery night circuit a joy.
News
Museums Beware: Thousands of Fake Louvre Tickets Discovered
China has become famous for its shanzhai culture of imitation, and now, to a long list of arty knockoffs that includes everything from iconic paintings to pop art, we can add museum tickets. Specifically, tickets to the Louvre.
Comics
Unsolicited Advice
Sometimes you can help by not helping …
Interview
On Photographing the Women of Gaza
CHICAGO — I didn't come across Tanya Habjouqa's photo series Women of Gaza underneath a sensationalized article headline about the Middle East. A friend posted one of her photos to my wall because it looked like a woman in a hijab shooting a selfie.
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Celebrating 19th-Century Chaos and Calamity with Le Petit Journal
No calamity was too chaotic or crime too grotesque for Le Petit Journal to illustrate.