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Contemplation Is Hard Work
Is this the age old question of theory versus practice?
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Have No Fear, the Government Is …
It can be an exhausting process.
Books
Three Reads to Unsettle Your Mind, and Support Small Presses
Why not instead of settling in for an easy summer read, you nudge your brain out of its comfort zone with some independent press selections? Below are three recent releases with an edge of the disconcerting.
News
Print Stalwart to Freely Publish Proofs Online
Though Ugly Duckling Presse holds that "the technology of the physical book is essentially different" from digital copies, today they have taken a significant step in making their catalogue freely available for online download. The influential "micropress," which publishes poetry, translations, lost
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5 Museums to Visit During the Fourth of July
What better way to celebrate US Independence Day then with a museum visit? Here are a few institutions you might consider visiting this holiday.
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A Question of Memory: Who Is Douglas Gordon?
TEL AVIV — It seems somehow fitting that all I have left of the current Douglas Gordon retrospective at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are some snapshots on my phone and some scribbles in a notebook. As I struggle to figure out what to say about the show, I look through my artifacts, my memory shaped by
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Between (Virtual) Safety and Security
LONDON — Karaoke sessions, which might usually take place in a black box, are now underway in a white cube. Mic, amp, and monitor are all visible through the glass frontage of tech-loving gallery Carroll/Fletcher. It doesn't take long to work out that all lyrics are culled from those emails we brows
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Facebook Is for Moms
CHICAGO — There is a set of culturally acceptable ways for mothers to be and behave in the world. Mothers aren't allowed to have their own lives or be sexual; in essence, they're not allowed to be human beings. When an artist who's also a mother crosses these lines, people often react in ways that a
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The Quixotic Visions of Bruce High Quality at the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn's beloved Bruce High Quality Foundation (BHQF) is having a retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. This is an insider show from a group that tries very hard to appear like outsiders while being completely fluent in artspeak, which is increasingly being known as International Art English.
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Retreat to Times Square for Ethereal Sounds on a Celtic Rooftop
Join the Times Square Alliance and the Clocktower Gallery next Wednesday, July 10 at 9:30pm for Sky Lines: an evening of music with Jana Hunter and Peals. The performance, which will take place on the breezy rooftop of the Playwright Celtic Pub (732 Eighth Avenue at 46th Street), is the final event
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Found Stereoscopic Photos Make World War I Come Alive
Last year, the New York Public Library turned old stereoscopic photographs into internet-friendly GIFs with an addictive online tool called the Stereograminator. Now a Toronto-based photography studio and graphic design shop has done the same with a series of found images of World War I, resulting i
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A Tale of Two Phoenixes
First conceived and constructed in China, Xu Bing’s paired "Phoenix" sculptures have flown the coop and are currently nesting at MASS MoCA in Western Massachusetts.