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As the Art World Turns … #NotReally
There's so much strange news this week in the art world, so we decided to give you a link list of the news bites #WithCommentary …
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Art
How to Curate Performance Art, and Other Problems
“Performance art is human poetry without words,” says Jill McDermid-Hokanson, co-founder and director of Grace Exhibition Space, the Brooklyn loft-turned-gallery devoted exclusively to showcasing visual performance art. “Some people come to see the work and they don’t know what to expect — there’s a
Art
A Playground for the Soul: Lost in Ann Hamilton’s World
For those craving a bit of the ephemeral this holiday season, artist Ann Hamilton has hung 42 swings from the wrought-iron trusses at the Park Avenue Armory as part of a new installation the artist titles “the event of a thread.”
Hyperallergic
Apply to Be a Hyperallergic Intern!
Hyperallergic is looking for a few good interns for the first quarter (January to April) of 2013. If you think you got what it takes please fill out our form [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dEoxc0FDRER0Ny1Tc1FfQUF2OE9KTEE6MQ] by December 26 and we’ll let you know
Art
Beyond the Curio: A Native American Artist Who Never Quite Breaks Free
Woody Crumbo spent six decades of the mid-20th century promoting Native American art to the mainstream, where often it was seen as a novelty or niche by wealthy collectors. Through printmaking, he mass produced his depictions of animals, dancers, and other vibrant images so that anyone could afford
Opinion
The Museums We Googled Most This Year
For its annual Zeitgeist Report, Google has listed everything that the entire world has Google-searched for most often this year. Art isn't much in evidence, but we do have a list of the top 10 museums of 2012.
Art
Talking Back to Movies With TrashTalk Theater
TrashTalk Theater presented its latest interactive experience to the audience at Space4Art in San Diego, California, screening the 1987 horror flick Hellraiser featuring live commentary from the audience.
News
Move Over Contemporary Art: Archaeologists 3D-Print Ancient Artifacts
On the heels of Hyperallergic's Hrag Vartanian predicting the rise of the 3D printed art object, Wired has a story about a project at Harvard in which archeologists are using the technology to recreate an ancient one.
Art
Join a Sketch-a-Thon for Times Square Art Square
Today Times Square Art Square — a project that aims to transform Times Square into a giant public art exhibition — announced its latest event and fundraising effort: Pledge-a-Sketch, a marathon drawing event happening this coming Sunday, December 16.
Art
The Art Created by the Cooper 11
The recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" may be the most internet-friendly image of a protest movement that locked itself for a week in the clocktower of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan's Astor Place, but that wasn't the only work being made by the ele
Opinion
Buy Beast Jesus Artist's Original Painting on eBay
Are you ready for the collecting opportunity of the century? Cecilia Gimenez, the (in)famous artist behind the restoration of Elias Garcia Martinez's "Ecce Homo" in a church in northeastern Spain, is selling her original work on eBay.
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Scholar Unearths Two Long-Lost 1913 Armory Show Installation Photos
The 1913 Armory Show was a watershed moment, introducing American artists and the art-viewing public to the European avant-garde, including artists like Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Brancusi, and more. And now, just in time for the show's centennial next year, we know a little more about it, thanks to