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What's Your Next Art Career Move?

Step on, step off? Which way?

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In Bushwick, Two Takes on 3-D Modeling

One type of artwork Bushwick probably does not need more of these days is abstract painting. Another type it may or may not need more of is work in 3-D imaging and modeling (discuss). But two artists who use this medium in very different ways are being presented at gallery spaces near each other in

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A Bushwick Warehouse Filled with Earnest and Honest Sculpture

There are a lot of studios in Bushwick, and a lot of white boxes and apartment galleries, too. If you need a break from any or all of those, I recommend venturing out to 299 Meserole Street, where recent alumni of Virginia Commonwealth University's Sculpture and Extended Media MFA program have taken

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5 Things to See at Bushwick Open Studios Today

So much to see, but here's my short list of things you should most definitely check out today, the last day of Bushwick Open Studios.

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Required Reading

This week, the winners of the Venice Biennale, cat selfies, controversy in Poland, Abramović loves New York, a short history of the Bauhaus, questions for the Warhol Foundation, free PDF downloads of Wolfgang Tillmans books, and more.

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Uneven but Steeply Discounted Books and Posters at Luhring Augustine Bushwick

Luhring Augustine holds forth, a garrison mirage, on Bushwick's Knickerbocker Avenue. After several hours of 56 Bogart bohemia, that grey facade, all frosted glass and sleek surveillance, seemed less sinister than inviting, the kind of place a down-to-earth oligarch might pass the time after putting

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Weekend Words: Rocks

Sarah Sze is representing the USA at the Venice Biennale, which opened this week. Part of her project is the production of meticulously crafted artificial rocks, which she has placed around the city.

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Painting as an Occult Practice: Philip Taaffe’s Recent Work

There is something subversive about Philip Taaffe’s interest in how information can be preserved and transferred from one medium to another. Since the early 1980s, when he first began gaining attention, he has mastered a wide range of processes — including collage, linocut, woodblock, rubber stamp,

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Resistance to Turkey's Protest Violence Reaches the Venice Biennale [UPDATED]

In the last few days, the world is watching Turkey erupt in protest after Turkish authorities responded with shocking violence to peaceful protesters trying to save a small park in central Istanbul. A solidarity protest took place on the opening day of the Venice Biennale, and another arose at New Y

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Skrillex: The 100th Greatest Guitarist of All Time

Everyone who said Skrillex was a novelty, a fluke, a parody, a caricature, a passing fad, the last straw, a new low, the most ridiculous music to ever hit the charts, the most ridiculous music to ever hit your eardrums, a one-hit wonder, oops-make-that-a-two-hit-wonder, or a man with bad hair was pr

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Guilt Complex: Selling Painting by the Square Foot

One of the most cleverly paradoxical shows to come around in a long time is G.T. Pellizzi’s The Red and the Black at Y Gallery, an installation of plywood walls built out a couple of feet into the exhibition space and painted entirely in — you guessed it — red and black.

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New Abstraction, 45 Years in the Making

Nothing new under the sun? Does it really matter? “The past,” as William Faulkner wrote, “is never dead. It's not even past.” The past cannot be ignored, disdained, used up or discarded; it’s the ligand that strings us all together.