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And the quest for the perfect visual language continues …
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The Facelessness of Tomorrow Begins Today
CHICAGO — It is impossible to go back to a world without biometrics and facial recognition tools, but it is not too late for a political act against the idea of allowing our faces to be scanned for the purpose of surveillance or informatic capture.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, a massive Mayan city has been unearthed, street artists are being targeted in extreme ways by police, Sicilian authorities may derail a major art show, abstract art dominates 1% buying habits, a LA woman was killed for taking a photo, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Rot
Composting, anyone? If Mayor Bloomberg has his way, the next must-have kitchen appliance will be a pot where onion skins can rot.
Art
Strangers in the Night: Laurel Nakadate Meets Her Relatives
As the child of an interracial marriage (I got to meet my blue-eyed, English grandmother when I was seven, later discovering that she bore an uncanny resemblance to Virginia Woolf), I have to admit to having more than a passing interest in Laurel Nakadate’s most recent, ongoing photo project, Relati
Music
Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (June 2013, Part 1)
In part 1 of this month, Chelsea Light Moving, Balquees, Brad Paisley, and Tyler the Creator.
Interview
Artist Exchange: In Conversation with Craig Olson
Craig Olson’s exhibition Angels and Demons at Play opens today at John Davis Gallery in Hudson, New York. Angels and Demons, along with his October 2012 exhibition at Janet Kurnatowski, signals the shift in Olson’s work away from a more formal abstract painting toward a mercurial approach that hover
Art
Crackup: Llyn Foulkes Gives Us the Art We Deserve
With its superb retrospective of the art of Llyn Foulkes, the New Museum pulls off the almost impossible trick of elucidating the work of a long-neglected, unclassifiable and thoroughly recalcitrant figure without sacrificing its mysteries or thorniness.
Art
Bushwick Artists Ponder Ways to Fight Gentrification
"I'm getting tired of watching my friends leave because they can't afford to be here. I'm getting tired of contemplating moving because I can't afford to be here." Thus spoke Paddy Johnson, editor-in-chief of Art F City, in her opening remarks at a meeting in Bushwick on Thursday night. The event wa
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Maryland Institute College of Art Announces 2013 MFA Exhibition
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Art
Finding Hidden Stories in Tombstone Art
OKLAHOMA CITY — Military cemeteries seem incredibly uniform with the simple headstones showing little more than rank, name, the dates of life, and a symbol of religion. Yet there are still some hidden messages in the stones. This is especially true in a place like Fort Sill, where Buffalo Soldiers,
Opinion
The Egos of US Politicians, Preserved in Paint
US politicians are notoriously stingy about arts funding, but it turns out they've been dropping tens of thousands of dollars on commissioned portraits for decades! Why are we not surprised?