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Fluxus for the Linux Generation
New York is a city awash in information. If your body was a receiver can you imagine how overwhelmed by senseless Facebook updates and spam mail it would be? It goes without saying that the more connected we are the more unavoidable digital reality becomes. This does not exclude the white walls of t
Art
Art Rx
This week, the doctor recommends a discussion about local government to help with all your political ailments, plus the first ever Chelsea Sound, an art and music festival; a Public Art Fund artist talk; a round table about art writing; avant-garde animation, and more.
Art
The Fantastic and Revelatory Story of Art and Black LA
On first glance, some may wonder why MoMA PS1, a New York contemporary art museum, has just opened a historical exhibition of art from Los Angeles. But as MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey explained at the press preview last week, the show in question, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980, a
Interview
Curating for the World, Times Square's Sherry Dobbin Talks Art
Times Square is one of the things New Yorkers love to hate. It has come to be one of the most defining aspects of our great city but it repeals its inhabitants with the reputation of being a kitsch-filled tourist magnet with little to offer other than discount deals on Broadway shows and garish bill
Opinion
Why You Should Read Sarah Thornton's Top 10 Reasons Not To Write About the Art Market
This doesn't happen very often. It's highly unusual for someone in an industry to critique its inner workings.
Art
Experiencing Emily Noelle Lambert's Personal Creative World
Sitting on one of Emily Noelle Lambert's free-form, functional sculptures and surrounded by other found wood sculptures, huge canvases, and smaller paintings tucked around her Heart Heat exhibition at Lu Magnus, I had the distinct feeling that I entered into the artist's personal world, a place wher
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Painting for Bollywood
PUNE, INDIA — Last summer I was offered an interesting project by a good friend, film director Sachin Kundalkar. He was about to start shooting his Hindi film Aiyyaa and asked me to create paintings for the movie. Kundalkar is a brilliant storyteller and director, and before this major Bollywood pro
Announcement
The Art & Absinthe Guide to Brooklyn
Pernod Absinthe Superieure, creator of art history’s most inspirational spirit, has teamed up with WAGMAG, the Brooklyn art guide, to bring you mobile interaction with the thriving arts community of Brooklyn, NY. This app features WAGMAG'S monthly gallery and events listings, as well as the best coc
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Revisiting the Radical Energy of 1968
Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago History Museum, and the Oakland Museum, this expansive show explores the tumultuous y
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the difficulty of selling stolen paintings, what art forgers paint in their down time, Picasso's 17 year old lover, the "meaning" of hotels, the state of political art, the lives of the 1%, and more.
Film
Ethnic Cleansing: Colorblind Casting in Cloud Atlas
Last month, British actor Jim Sturgess sent a tweet to his 40,000 followers which read: “Yellowface? Blackface? Pinkface? Pinkberry? Blueberry? Strawberry? Bananas? Frozen Yogurt? All the toppings? ... Lovely!” The message was Sturgess’s veiled response to recent criticism of his role in the upcomin